António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra
The Viscount of Seabra | |
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| Minister and Secretary of State of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Justice | |
| In office 4 January 1868 – 22 July 1868 | |
| Monarch | Luís I of Portugal |
| Preceded by | Augusto César Barjona de Freitas |
| Succeeded by | António Pequito Seixas de Andrade |
| In office 4 March 1852 – 19 August 1852 | |
| Monarch | Maria II of Portugal |
| Preceded by | Joaquim Filipe de Soure |
| Succeeded by | Frederico Guilherme da Silva Pereira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 December 1798 Atlantic Ocean |
| Died | 19 January 1895 (aged 96) Mogofores, Anadia, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation | Politician |
D. António Luís de Seabra e Sousa, 1st Viscount of Seabra (2 December 1798 – 19 January 1895) was a Portuguese politician, jurist, and magistrate. A notable figure of the Constitutional Monarchy period, he was a government minister, a rector of the University of Coimbra, a judge in the Oporto appellate court, a member of Parliament, a Peer of the Realm, and a judge of the Supreme Court of Justice.
The Viscount of Seabra is best known as the author of the first Portuguese Civil Code, in 1867, which remained in force for a full century; the original Code is still sometimes referred to as the "Seabra Civil Code".