TITLE 19

Persons and Juridic Acts

Canon 909

1. A person who has complete the eighteenth year of age is an

adult, below this age, a person is a minor. 2. Before the completion of the seventh year a minor is called an infant and is

held to be incompetent (non sui compos); with the completion of

the seventh year one is presumed to have the use of reason. 3.

Whoever habitually lacks the use of reason is held to be incompetent (non sui compos) and is equated with infants.