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 42 prevent a minor from acquiring ownership, but he cannot alienate or charge his property without his parent's or tutor's authority; which, as we have seen, in the case of the alienation or hypothecation of immovables is not sufficient without an order of Court.

Minors under the age of puberty are incompetent to make or to witness a will.

9. Restitutio in integrum, which has been already mentioned, is an extraordinary remedy, by which the Court relieves a person from the consequences of a transaction into which he has entered and so far as possible restores the status quo ante. It is granted to minors when it