Prodigal
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PRODIGAL, civil law, persons. Prodigals were persons who, though of full
age, were incapable of managing their affairs, and of the obligations which
attended them, in consequence of their bad conduct, and for whom a curator
was therefore appointed.
2. In Pennsylvania, by act of assembly, an habitual drunkard is
deprived of the management of his affairs, when he wastes his property, and
his estate is placed in the bands of a committee.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.