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Brazilian Civil Code

Civil Codes

The current Brazilian Civil Code is Law 10.406 of 10 January 2002, in force since 11 or 12 January 2003 following a one-year vacatio legis after its enactment under President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. It replaced the country's original civil code of 1916, Law No. 3,071, and expanded to 2,046 articles from that earlier code's 1,807, marking a significant unification of civil and commercial law into a single legal text.

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21st Century (2000-Present) 1
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In force since January 2003 1
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1. Wikipedia: Brazilian Civil Code
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    The current Brazilian Civil Code (Law 10.406 of January 10, 2002) has been in force since January 11 or 12, 2003
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    The current Brazilian Civil Code (Law 10.406 of January 10, 2002) has been in force since January 11 or 12, 2003, after its one-year vacatio legis.
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Wikidata: Brazilian Civil Code
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