Contracts - Capacity IV

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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….