Facility

Facility, in the legal terminology of Scotland, is a condition of mental weakness short of idiocy, but such as makes a person easily imposed upon, and easily persuaded to do deeds to his own prejudice. The remedy is Interdiction, which may be granted by the Court of Session of its own motion, or at the instance of the heir or next of kin of the facile person. This is judicial interdiction. When a person conscious of mental infirmity places himself under the control of trustees, the case is one of voluntary interdiction. This interdiction generally takes the form of a bond granted by the facile person to the persons therein named, who are called the interdictors. The object of interdiction is to prevent the facile person from granting deeds to his own prejudice, and after it has taken place he cannot contract without the consent of his interdictors. Even without interdiction the deeds of a facile person, if to his prejudice, may be set aside if there be proof of his having been circumvented or imposed on. There is no corresponding term in English law.