The Civil Code of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, Código Civil de la República Oriental del Uruguay) is a systematic collection of Uruguayan laws designed to comprehensively deal with the core areas of private law such as for dealing with business and negligence lawsuits and practices. This civil code was originally published on 1 January 1868, it was the work of Tristan Narvaja, inspired in a project by

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. Important sources were the

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, Spanish legislation and

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, as well as the

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, the

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, the Code Napoléon and many others. In 1995 it was updated.Uruguayan Civil Code

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