§ IV. On Interdicted Persons

843. • Interdicted persons are those who by sentence of the judge are declared incapable of exercising civil acts on account of a state of weakness, or dementia, or madness. Interdiction ceases when the cause ceases; and its cessation ought to be established by certain testimonies.

Moreover the nullity of contracts entered into by interdicted persons can indeed be opposed by them or by those conducting their cause, but not by those who contracted with them, just as was said concerning minors. Yet tribunals favor one who sells merchandise to an insane person without knowing the insanity. - Sometimes the faculty of contracting is taken away from drunkards, and the whole administration of their goods is committed to another.¹