Conseil De Faiviille

A council of the family. In French law, certain acts require the sanction of this body. For example, a ^ardian can neither accept nor reject an inheritance to which the minor has succeeded without his authority (Code Nap. 461); nor can he accept for the child a gift intsr vivos without the like authority (Id. 463). So, also, in bringing or compromising a suit on behalf of the child, or generally in compounding claims, and in numerous personal relations, e. g., consent to marriages of orphans, the authority of this body is necessary.