The Italian Civil Code ( it, Codice civile) is the

civil code A civil code is a codification of private law relating to property, family, and obligations. A jurisdiction that has a civil code generally also has a code of civil procedure. In some jurisdictions with a civil code, a number of the core ar ...

of Italy, a collection of norms regulating

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. It was enacted under Fascist rule, by

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no. 262 of 16 March 1942. It predates the current

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, and it was amended in the postwar period. The 1942 civil code replaced an earlier civil code which was in force since 1865, and was based on an Italian translation of the Code Napoleon (however, some parts of the code are based on laws in effect in

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at the time, especially regarding the corporate law).

* Preliminary provisions: 16 provisions applying to all books of the civil code. * Book 1 - family law, marriage, adoption. * Book 2 - inheritance law, testament. * Book 3 - property: movable items, real estate, property rights and limits. * Book 4 - bonds, purchase and sale contracts, mortgages. * Book 5 - commerce law and labor law. * Book 6 - liability, transcription, credit law, rules of evidence.

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Civil code A civil code is a codification of private law relating to property, family, and obligations. A jurisdiction that has a civil code generally also has a code of civil procedure. In some jurisdictions with a civil code, a number of the core ar ...

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