An insane person is one who, as a consequence of his being insufficiently developed or as a consequence of a mental disease or of his senility, is not capable of understanding the significance or effect of his actions.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 315
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Persons who are feeble-minded, drunkard or habitually intoxicated, and persons who are prodigals shall in appropriate cases be assimilated to insane persons.