Austrian Civil Code

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The Austrian Civil Code is a foundational 19th-century civil law codification that has significantly influenced private law systems in Central Europe and beyond.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austrian statute
civil code
codification of private law
appliesTo legal persons
natural persons
country Austria
enactedInCentury 19th century
hasPart family law provisions
general part of civil law
law of obligations
law of property
succession law provisions
influenced Croatian private law tradition
Czech private law tradition
Hungarian private law tradition
Italian civil law scholarship
Polish private law tradition
Romanian private law tradition
Serbian private law tradition
Slovak private law tradition
Slovenian private law tradition
civil law systems beyond Europe
civil law systems in Central Europe
civil law systems in Eastern Europe
influencedBy Enlightenment legal thought
natural law ideas
inForce true
jurisdiction Austria
legalStatus foundational statute of Austrian private law
legalSystem civil law
legalTradition pandectist-influenced codification
originalLanguage German
regulates divorce
formation of contracts
intestate succession
marriage
parent–child relations
performance of obligations
testamentary succession
transfer of ownership
shortName ABGB
Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
linked to: Austrian Civil Code
subjectMatter contract law
family law
inheritance law
private law
property law

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Swiss Civil Code inspiredBy Austrian Civil Code
Habsburg law codificationIncludes Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
linked to: Austrian Civil Code
Austrian Civil Code shortName Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
linked to: Austrian Civil Code
Hungarian customary law partlySupersededBy Austrian civil codes
linked to: Austrian Civil Code
Austrian judiciary applies Austrian Civil Code
Legal history of Austria hasKeyDocument Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
linked to: Austrian Civil Code