Digest of 1808

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The Digest of 1808 is an early codification of Louisiana’s private law that blended French, Spanish, and civil law traditions into a unified legal framework.

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Digest of 1808 canonical 1
Louisiana Digest of 1808 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil code
codification of private law
legal code
alsoKnownAs Digest of the Civil Laws now in force in the Territory of Orleans
Digest of 1808
surface form: Louisiana Digest of 1808
appliesToJurisdiction Louisiana Territory
surface form: Louisiana
commissionedBy Louisiana State Legislature
surface form: Legislature of the Territory of Orleans
compiledIn book form
componentOf history of Louisiana civil law
contains articles
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateEnacted 1808
governs civil relationships between private persons in Louisiana (historically)
historicalSignificance early example of civil law codification in the United States
first comprehensive codification of Louisiana private law
influenced development of Louisiana Civil Code
mixed civil law–common law character of Louisiana
influencedBy French law
Napoleonic Code
Roman law
Spanish law
inForceEndDate 1825
inForceStartDate 1808
language English
French
legalDomain private law
legalField civil law
legalStatus superseded
legalSystem Louisiana law
legalTradition civil law
placeOfEnactment Territory of Orleans
predecessor French colonial law in Louisiana
Spanish colonial law in Louisiana
promulgatedBy Governor of the Territory of Orleans
purpose to harmonize French, Spanish, and civil law traditions
to unify and codify Louisiana private law
region North America
subjectMatter civil obligations
contracts
family law
private law
property law
successions
torts
successor Louisiana Civil Code
Louisiana Civil Code
surface form: Louisiana Civil Code of 1825

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Louisiana Civil Code basedOn Digest of 1808
Digest of 1808 alsoKnownAs Digest of 1808
this entity surface form: Louisiana Digest of 1808