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right!y mana~ing his OWIl .J7.irs. Of Ihe (,rfl fort, are
idiols and furious p~1 fons. IJiolS, or fallli, are enlirtly
deprived of Ihe f.(u!ly uf rrafon. Thc dillempcr of Ihe
furious perfondoes nut coo(,1I in Ihedcfc<t of realon, but
in an ol'crhealcd IIn.gio,lIioo, whidl obllruas the appli.
catioo of reafoo 10 the purpofes of life. Curators mq
be alfo granted 10 luoaties, aod even to perfon, dumb
2nd deaf, Ih.mgh they are of found judgmenl, " here il
appears thal they "nool exen it in the management of
bufincfs. Every perfoo, who is come of age, aod i, ca·
pable of aaing ralionally, has a ootu,,1righl to condua
his owo affms. The ooly regular \Vay, therefore, of
appoioliog Ihis rort of curalors, is by a jury fumOlooed
upon a hricf from Ihe chancery; which is 001, like Ihe
brief of commoo IUlory, direaed 10 any judge.ordinary,
bUllo the judge (l Ihe fpecial terrilory 'where the perfon
alledged 10 be faluous or furious refides; thal if he is
Hulyof found judgmcoI, he may have ao opportunilY 10
oppofe it: Aod, for Ihis reaCoo, he oughl to be made a
parly 10 the brier. Tbe cumory of idiol! aod furious
perfoos beloogs to .the oearefl agoate; but a father is
preferred 10 the curatory of his fatuous foo, and the
hulbaDd 10 thal ofhis faluous wife, befare Ihe agoate.
24' Ae1.ufe is iofeJled io lhe brief, for ioquiring how
long the faluous or furiousperfoo has been in lhat coodi·
tioo; aod Ihe verdia 10 be pronouneed by the inq uefl, is
deelared a fuffi:ieol ground, withoul fanher evideoce,
for redueiog all deeds graoled aCter the period at which
it.appeared by Ihe proof that the faluity or ,furiofi!ybe·
gao. But, as fatuous aod furious perfoDs are, by lheir
very Ilale, ioeapable oC beiog ohliged, all deeds done by
them may be declared void, upon proper evideoee of their
fatttity at the lime of figoiog, though lhey Ihould Dever
have beeo eogoofeed idiots by ao ioquell,
25. We hare fome few iDflances of the Sovereigo's
giving eurators to idioll, where the next ¡goale did 001
daim; but fuch giflS are Huly devialions from OU r Iaw,
lioce they pafs without ao ioquiry inlO the Ilate of the
perfoo upoo whom lhe euratory is impofed. Heoee the
curalor of law to ao idiot, ferviog 9uQndo(un9u(, is pre,
ferred as foon as he offers himfdf, before Ihecuralor·da~
til'e. This fon of curalory does 001 deterruine by lhe
,lucid iotemls ef the pelfooJuh CM' ; but il expires by
his death, or perfeél relUro to a found judgOleot ; which
Jafl OUghl regularly 10 be declared by lhe feDlence of a
judge. .
26. Perfoos, lel thembe ever fa proCufe, or liable to
be impofed upoo, if they haTe the exercife of rcafon, can
efleélually oblige theOlfelves, till they fmered by lalll.
IOlerd,llioo is a legal rcnraiot bid upon fueh perfoos
from figoiog aoy deed to lheir owo prejudice, Wilhoul
\he confeol of lheir euralOr! or in"rdillors.
27, There eould be 00 interdlaioo, by our aneieDt
pr~aice, Wilho~t ¡ previous ioquiry iota lhe perfoo'scon·
dition. But as Ihere were feIV who could bear the Ihame
thal atteods judicial ioterdiaion, however oeeefi'ary the
reflraiot mighl have beeo, voluntary inttrdiaioo has re·
(eived Ihe counteoaoee of law; IVhieh is generally execu·
ted in lhe forOl of a ~norl, IVhereby the g,aoler obliges
himfclf 10 do 00 decd lhal may afi'ra his eflate, wuhout
LIle cODfeol of cerraio fricnds lherein Olentiooed. Though
the reafons imlutlive of the bond OlOuld be bu! geotly
louched io lhe reeual, lhe IOICf,hétlon , good.
Voluolary inr;rdiaion, lhougll i, be llllpofcd by lhe fole
a,q of lhe perfon inlcrd,aed, (dnoOI be rccdiled al his
pledfure : Bu. it mJy e ¡ak..,: olr, l . By a feolenee of
Ihe coun 01' Seflion, d,c1.'llIg. eilher Ihat Ihere was,
from the begioning. no fuRi.ieo, grouod for the rellraint ;
or lhal the p"'y IS, fince Ihe d~\e of Ihe bond, beeoOle
,,¡ IU4 prouidul. 2. lt f.111s, eveo WilhoUI lhe aUlho·
rity of the LOlds, by lhe joinl aa of the perfon iOlerdic·
ted, aod his inc,rdlaors, concurring 10 take il off 3.
Where Ihe bond of interdifhoo reqUlres a oumber
as a quorum, Ihe reflraiot et3fes if Ihe interdiaors Ihall
be by dealh reduced tOn leOe, numbtr.
28 Judicial iOlerditlioo is impofed by a feolenee of
the coun of SeOioo. 11eOlOlOooly proeeed, 00 ao aétioo
brought by a near kiofmell 10 Ihe party; aod fOllletiOles
from Ihe nobi{( ojjiciuln of the coun, wheo theypereeive,
during the peodeoey of a fuit, Ihat any of lhe litigants
is. from the faeililYof his temper, fubjea to impofitioo.
This fon Olufl be takeo off bylhe aUlhorily of lhe [ame
COUJl that impofed it. .
29. Ao iOlerdiélioo oeed oot be ferved agaiofl the pero
fon interdiéled ; bm it mull be executed, or publilhed by
a mefi'enger, at the market·crofs of lhe jurifdlélioo where
be refides, by publicly readiog Ihe ioterdiaioo there, af·
ler three oyefi'es made for eoovocating lhe lieges. Aeopy
of lhis execulioo mull be affixed tothe crofs; and Ihere·
afler, the ioterdiaioo, with in executioo, mufi be regio
Ilred io the books, bOlh of the jurifdiaioDwhere the
perfoo iOlerdilled refides, aod whm hil lands He, or iD
the geoml regiller of Ihe fenion, wilhin forty days f(om
lhe publiealion, Ao interdiaion, before it is regillred,
has 00 effea agaiofllhird parties, though they Ihould be
io the private koowledge ofit ; but iloperates ~gaiofl lhe
inlerdiélors tbeOlfdves, as (000 as it is delivered to
them.
30. Ao interdiaioo, duly regiflred, has this (ff~él,
that all deeds, done thereafler, by the perfon interJiaed,
withoul the coofeol of his inlerdiaors, affeaiog his he·
rilable efiate, are fubjea to reduaion. Regdlra,ioo, iD
the general regiller, fecures all his laods from alieoAlioo,
wl¡ere·evcr Ihcy lie; bm where lhe ioterdiAioo is mord,
ed io lhe regifler of a particular Ihire, it eovers 00 laods,
except thofe filuated io that Ihire. BUI perfons inlerdia·
ed have full power 10 difpofe of lheir moveables, OOIOD'
Iy by tefiameOl, but by prefeot deedsof alieo. tion : Aod
c((ditors, io perfoDal bonds granled afler iDterdia ioo,
may ufe all execution agaioll their deblor's perfoD and
moveable ellate; fueh bonds beiog ooly fubjea 10 reduc·
tion, iofo far as diligeoee agaioll the hcritable efiale may
proceed upon them .
3l . Al! ooerous or taliooal deeds graoled by the pero
fon inlerdiacd, are as effellual, even withoul lhe cor,[,ot
of Ihe iOlcrdiaor, as if the graoter had beco laid uuder
00 rellraint; bUl he caooot alter the fucceOion of his he·
rirable tllale, by aoy (eldemeol. let it be eOlr fo ratioo·
al. No deed, graoleJ \Vilh confcol of Ihe iot{(.lldor!, is
reducible, lhoughlhe n,ongLn Iclioo or prcjudlcc 10 lh:
~ranler fllOulJ ~ppc~r: The ooly leme,ly ('''UP'''''I, in
fueh cafe, is aD 3lti~n by lh: srJOler a.,inlllus i"'I"I,e·
Ims,