Brazilian Civil Code

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The Brazilian Civil Code is the primary legal framework governing private law in Brazil, including contracts, property, family relations, and civil liability.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brazilian Civil Code
civil code
codified statute
source of private law
appliesTo legal entities
natural persons
containsBook Book I – General Part
Book II – Obligations
Book III – Company Law (Direito de Empresa)
Book IV – Family Law
Book V – Succession Law
country Brazil
currentMainVersion Civil Code of 2002
dateOfEnactment 10 January 2002
dateOfEntryIntoForce 1 January 1917
11 January 2003
enactedBy National Congress of Brazil
governs civil liability
company law aspects of civil companies
contracts
family law
obligations
personality rights
private law in Brazil
property law
rights in rem
succession law
influencedBy Brazilian Civil Code of 1916
linked to: Civil Code of 1916

French Civil Code
linked to: Napoleonic Code

German Civil Code (BGB)
linked to: German Civil Code

German Civil Code (BGB)
linked to: German Civil Code

Italian Civil Code of 1942
linked to: Italian Civil Code

Portuguese Civil Code
jurisdiction Federative Republic of Brazil
linked to: Brazil
language Portuguese
lawNumber Law No. 10.406
legalSystem civil law system
previousVersion Civil Code of 1916
principalDrafter Clóvis Beviláqua
promulgatedBy President of Brazil
regulates capacity to act
inheritance and wills
kinship and filiation
legal personality
marriage and marital property regimes
possession and ownership
prescription and decadence
statute of limitations
repealed Civil Code of 1916
structure general part
special part
subjectTo constitutional supremacy of the Brazilian Federal Constitution

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Law of Obligations codifiedIn Brazilian Civil Code