Constitution of Haiti

Glossary

• Samana now a province of the Dominican Republic
• Saone Saona Island, close to the southeastern coast of the Hispaniola, in the Caribbean Sea and now part of the Dominican Republic
• Tortuga, … , Ile-a-Vache islands off the coast of Haiti
• vacant successions unclaimed inheritances, or those for which the heirs are
unknown
• Vendémiaire, … , Pluviose, … months in the French Republican Calendar, which was in use in France and its possessions when the Haitian constitution was promulgated