Contracts - Capacity 1

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The next few articles will be dedicated to the articles of the Civil Code pertaining to contracts.

Capacity 1

Article

第 75 條

無行為能力人之意思表示，無效；雖非無行為能力人，而其意思表示，係在無意識或精神錯亂中所為者亦同。

Article 75   

The expression of intent of a person who has no capacity to make juridical acts is void. An expression is also void which is made by a person who, though not without capacity to make juridical acts, in a condition of unconsciousness or mental disorder.

Vocabulary

無行為能力人  [wúxíngwéi nénglìrén]  /a person who has no juridical capacity/

之  [zhī]  /(literary equivalent of 的)/

意思表示  [yìsībiǎoshì]  /expressed intention/declaration of will/

無效  [wúxiào]  /not valid/ineffective/in vain/

雖  [suī]  /although/even though/

非  [fēi]  /non-/not-/un-/

而  [ér]  /rather/but/

其  [qí]  /his/her/its/theirs/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it)/

係  [xì]  /is/

在  [zài]  /(before verbs) immediately involved in/

無意識  [wúyìshì]  /unconsciously/

或  [huò]  /or/

精神錯亂  [jīngshéncuòluàn]  /insanity/

中  [zhōng]  /while (doing sth)/during/

所  [suǒ]  /such/the aforementioned/

為  [wéi]  /to make/

者  [zhě]  /的/

亦  [yì]  /also/

同  [tóng]  /like/same/similar/together/alike/with/

Character study:

亦

相當於「也」、「也是」

者

人或事物的代稱。如：「記者」﹑「作者」

雖

雖然、儘管。表示容忍讓步。孟子˙滕文公上：「詩曰：周雖舊邦，其命惟新」

係

是  -  如：「確係」、「實係」

Examples of above, can be found in the Civil Code:

第 346 條

（買賣價金）

價金雖未具體約定，而依情形可得而定者，視為定有價金...

Article 346   

Although the price is not fixed concretely by the agreement, if it may be decided from the circumstances, it is deemed to be fixed…..

第 167 條

（意定代理權之授與）

代理權係以法律行為授與者...

Article 167   

If authority of agency is conferred by a juridical act….