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1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. ix. 94 Extortion was found relevant to reduce a Disposition, by a facile weak person, who..subscribed a Disposition of his whole Estate, for a cause not near the third of its value.

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iv. i. 423 Where a person of weak or facile temper executes a deed in itself irrational, the most slender circumstances of fraud on the part of the receiver, will be laid hold of.

1772 C. Forbes Information against J. Earl 6 Alexander Forbes being a facile weak man, it was thought a proper measure, that he should execute a disposition of his estate in favour of Donald and John Cattanachs.

1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 376/1 A person is said to be of a facile disposition, when, although not a fit subject for cognition as an idiot, he is easily imposed upon and liable..to do deeds to his own prejudice.

1887 Grierson Dickson's Tract. Evidence §35 Proof that the granter of a deed was naturally weak and facile..has been held to reflect the burden of proving that [etc.].

1939 Faculty Digest Suppl. (1939–40) 314 His mental grasp was feeble, he was weak and facile, and he did not understand the purposes and effect of what he was doing.

2000 R. Zimmermann & S. Whittaker Good Faith in European Contract Law 278 The onus is on Paul to establish that when he entered into the contract, he was in a weak or facile state of mind.