Civil Code of Lower Canada
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The Civil Code of Lower Canada was a law that was in effect in Lower Canada on 1 August 1866 and remained in effect in Quebec until repealed and replaced by the Civil Code of Quebec on 1 January 1994.
Cover page from an 1866 edition of the Code
René-Édouard Caron
Désiré Girouard
A meeting of the codification commission around 1865. From left to right: Joseph-Ubalde Beaudry, Charles Dewey Day, René-Édouard Caron, Augustin-Norbert Morin, Thomas McCord.
Charles Dewey Day
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Charles Dewey Day, was a lawyer, political figure, and judge in Lower Canada and Canada East. He was a member of the Special Council of Lower Canada, which governed Lower Canada after the Lower Canada
Civil Code of Lower Canada
…secretaries, all drawn from the Bar of Lower Canada. A meeting of the codification commission around 1865. From left to right: Joseph-Ubalde Beaudry, Charles Dewey Day, René-Édouard Caron, Augustin-Norbert Morin, Thomas McCord. Members of the codification commission Name Position Appointed René-Édouard Caron Judge of…
Louis-Joseph Papineau, primary drafter of the Ninety-Two Resolutions, which Day opposed
Governor General Lord Sydenham, who kept Day in the Executive Council
Robert Baldwin, dismissed from Executive Council because he protested Day's position on the Council