Quebec Civil Code

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The Quebec Civil Code is the comprehensive legal framework governing private law in Quebec, rooted in continental civil law traditions and adapted to the province’s unique social and linguistic context.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil code ⓘ
codified private law ⓘ
adaptedTo Quebec’s linguistic context ⓘ
Quebec’s social context ⓘ
appliesIn Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
basedOn continental civil law tradition ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1 January 1994 ⓘ
contains books ⓘ
preliminary provision ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
enactedIn 1991 ⓘ
governs evidence in civil matters ⓘ
family law ⓘ
obligations ⓘ
persons ⓘ
prescription (limitation periods) ⓘ
private law in Quebec ⓘ
property law ⓘ
successions ⓘ
hasOfficialVersionIn English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasPart Book Eight – Prescription ⓘ
Book Five – Obligations ⓘ
Book Four – Property ⓘ
Book Nine – Publication of Rights ⓘ
Book One – Persons ⓘ
Book Seven – Evidence ⓘ
Book Six – Prior Claims and Hypothecs ⓘ
Book Ten – Private International Law ⓘ
Book Three – Successions ⓘ
Book Two – The Family ⓘ
inForceSince 1994 ⓘ
jurisdiction Province of Quebec ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalLanguage French ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
partOf legal system of Canada ⓘ
legal system of Quebec ⓘ
promulgatedBy National Assembly of Quebec ⓘ
reflects Quebec’s French legal heritage ⓘ
Quebec’s civil law tradition ⓘ
regulates adoption ⓘ
contract law in Quebec ⓘ
extra-contractual liability (civil liability) ⓘ
hypothecs ⓘ
matrimonial regimes ⓘ
property ownership and real rights ⓘ
replaced Civil Code of Lower Canada ⓘ
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
usedBy Quebec courts in civil matters ⓘ

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Napoleonic Code → influenced → Quebec Civil Code ⓘ
Quebec Civil Code → replaced → Civil Code of Lower Canada ⓘ
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Law of Obligations → codifiedIn → Quebec Civil Code ⓘ
Book One – Persons → partOf → Civil Code of Quebec ⓘ
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Book One – Persons → legalSystem → Quebec civil law ⓘ
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Book One – Persons → belongsTo → Quebec private law ⓘ
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Book One – Persons → codification → Civil Code of Quebec, Book One ⓘ
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Book One – Persons → systematicPosition → Book One of the Civil Code of Quebec ⓘ
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Book Two – The Family → partOf → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Two – The Family → codifiedIn → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Three – Successions → isPartOf → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Three – Successions → containedIn → Civil Code of Québec, 1994 reform ⓘ
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Book Four – Property → partOf → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Four – Property → codifiedIn → Civil Code of Québec, Book Four ⓘ
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Book Five – Obligations → partOf → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Five – Obligations → codifiedIn → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Six – Prior Claims and Hypothecs → isPartOf → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Seven – Evidence → partOf → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Seven – Evidence → codifiedIn → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Eight – Prescription → partOf → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Eight – Prescription → containedIn → Civil Code of Québec, Book Eight ⓘ
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Book Nine – Publication of Rights → partOf → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Nine – Publication of Rights → legalSystem → Quebec civil law ⓘ
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Book Nine – Publication of Rights → codifiedIn → Civil Code of Québec, Book Nine ⓘ
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Book Ten – Private International Law → partOf → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Book Ten – Private International Law → legalSystem → Quebec civil law ⓘ
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Book Ten – Private International Law → codifiedIn → Civil Code of Québec, Book Ten ⓘ
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Quebec courts in civil matters → appliesStatute → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Quebec courts in civil matters → basedOn → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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Quebec courts in civil matters → administers → Quebec private law ⓘ
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Custom of Paris → replacedBy → Civil Code of Lower Canada ⓘ
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Code civil → influenced → Quebec Civil Code (historically) ⓘ
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Loi sur les services de santé et les services sociaux (Québec) → complète → Code civil du Québec en matière de soins de santé ⓘ
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Code of Civil Procedure (Quebec) → relatedTo → Civil Code of Quebec ⓘ
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Quebec law → basedOn → Civil Code of Quebec ⓘ
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Quebec law → historicalPredecessor → Civil Code of Lower Canada ⓘ
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Quebec law → hasMainCode → Civil Code of Quebec ⓘ
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Quebec law → hasKeyStatute → Civil Code of Quebec, 1994 ⓘ
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Quebec provincial legislation → includes → Civil Code of Québec ⓘ
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