Contracts - Guardianship

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The following are laws regarding guardianship in the Civil Code:

Article

第 78 條

限制行為能力人未得法定代理人之允許，所為之單獨行為，無效。

Article 78   

A unilateral act made by a person limited in capacity to make juridical acts without the approval of his guardian is void.

Vocabulary

限制行為能力人  [xiànzhì xíngwéi nénglìrén]  /a person who has limited juridical capacity /

未  [wèi]  /not yet/did not/have not/not/

得  [dé]  /obtain/get/

法定代理人  [fǎdìng dàilǐrén]  /lawful agent/lawful guardian/

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

允許  [yǔnxǔ]  /to permit/to allow/

所  [suǒ]  /而/however/

為  [wéi]  /to make/

單獨行為  [dāndúxíngwéi]  /unilateral act/

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

Study:

This article states that an act made by a person with limited capacity (7歲-20歲) without the approval of his guaradian is void.

Article

第 79 條

限制行為能力人未得法定代理人之允許，所訂立之契約，須經法定代理人之承認，始生效力。

Article 79   

A contract made by a person limited in capacity to make juridical acts without the approval of his guardian is valid upon the acknowledgement of the guardian.

Vocabulary

限制行為能力人  [xiànzhì xíngwéi nénglìrén]  /a person who has limited juridical capacity /

未  [wèi]  /not yet/did not/have not/not/

得  [dé]  /obtain/get/gain/

法定代理人  [fǎdìng dàilǐrén]  /lawful agent/lawful guardian/

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

允許  [yǔnxǔ]  /to permit/to allow/

所  [suǒ]  /而/however/

訂立  [dìnglì]  /agree to (treaty, contract, agreement)/

契約  [qìyuē]  /agreement/contract/

須  [xū]  /beard/necessary/must/

經  [jīng]  /to undergo/to get/to obtain/

承認  [chéngrèn]  /recognize/to acknowledge/to admit/

始  [shǐ]  /only/a necessary condition/

生效力  [shēngxiàolì]  /to take effect/to go into effect/to have binding effect/