This is a historical edition of the "Code Napoléon", the sole official text of the Civil Code for Belgium. This edition has been collated against the Bulletin des Lois, containing in italics those articles that have been repealed, and in notes the modifications introduced in Belgium from 1814 to January 1, 1857.

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