Constitution of 1824

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The Constitution of 1824 was the foundational charter of the Empire of Brazil, establishing a constitutional monarchy under Emperor Pedro I and defining the country’s political and legal structure after independence.

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Constitution of 1824 canonical 2
Carta Constitucional de 1824 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
foundational charter ⓘ
adoptedAfter Brazilian independence ⓘ
adoptionDate 25 March 1824 ⓘ
adoptionYear 1824 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brazilian Constitution of 1824 ⓘ
Carta Constitucional de 1824 ⓘ
amendmentDifficulty high ⓘ
assemblyStatus preceded by dissolved Constituent Assembly of 1823 ⓘ
cameIntoForce 25 March 1824 ⓘ
capitalRecognized Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Empire of Brazil ⓘ
definedBranch Executive ⓘ
Judiciary ⓘ
Legislative ⓘ
Moderating Power ⓘ
draftedBy Council of State of the Empire of Brazil ⓘ
executivePowerVestedIn Emperor of Brazil ⓘ
governmentFormEstablished constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfState Emperor Pedro I of Brazil ⓘ
historicalPeriod Empire of Brazil ⓘ
historicalSignificance first constitution of independent Brazil ⓘ
inForceUntil 15 November 1889 ⓘ
introducedConcept Moderating Power ⓘ
judicialIndependence formally recognized ⓘ
legalSystemInfluence French constitutional ideas ⓘ
Portuguese constitutional tradition ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies of the Empire of Brazil ⓘ
moderatingPowerVestedIn Emperor of Brazil ⓘ
monarch Pedro I of Brazil ⓘ
politicalSystemDefined hereditary constitutional monarchy ⓘ
promulgatedBy Emperor Pedro I of Brazil ⓘ
promulgationMethod granted charter by the emperor ⓘ
providedFor provincial councils with limited powers ⓘ
recognizedRight freedom of expression with limitations ⓘ
habeas corpus in certain cases ⓘ
inviolability of civil and political rights ⓘ
right to property ⓘ
religionDeclared Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousPolicy toleration of other religions in private ⓘ
repealedBy Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil (1891) ⓘ
replaced Constitutional project of the Constituent Assembly of 1823 ⓘ
successionRule hereditary succession in the male line with conditions ⓘ
suffrageType census suffrage ⓘ
territorialOrganization provinces of the Empire of Brazil ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of the Empire of Brazil ⓘ
votingSystem indirect elections for deputies ⓘ

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Empire of Brazil → firstConstitutionName → Constitution of 1824 ⓘ
Constitution of 1824 → alsoKnownAs → Carta Constitucional de 1824 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1824