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age of majority :the age at which a person is granted by law the rights (as ability to sue) and responsibilities (as liability under contract) of an adult compare emancipate NOTE: At common law, the age of majority was 21. Age of majority is now set by statute, in most states at 18. The age at which a person may perform various acts, as legally drink alcoholic beverages, make a binding contract, or make a valid will, does not necessarily correspond with the age of majority. ...
legal age
legal age : an age at which a person becomes entitled under the law to engage in a particular activity or becomes responsible for particular acts [the legal age for drinking in this state] ;broadly : age of majority compare age of consent, emancipate ...
full age
full age : age of majority ...
emancipate
emancipate -pat·ed -pat·ing 1 : to free from restraint, control, or the power of another ;esp : to free from bondage [emancipated the slaves] compare enfranchise 2 : to release from the care, responsibility, and control of one's parents compare age of majority, legal age NOTE: The circumstances under which a minor may become emancipated vary from state to state. In many states, however, the marriage of a minor results in his or her emancipation. ...
infant
infant : a person who is not of the age of majority : minor compare adult ...
minor
minor : a person who has not yet reached the age of majority compare adult, juvenile, major adj 1 a : being less important or serious [a official] [a offense] b : involving, relating to, or dealing with less important matters 2 : having the status of a minor [ children] ...
vulgar substitution
vulgar substitution [French substitution vulgaire, from Latin substitutio vulgaris, literally, ordinary substitution, as distinguished from substitutio pupillaris substitution of an heir in place of a minor who actually receives the testamentary gift but dies before reaching the age of majority] in the civil law of Louisiana : a testamentary disposition in which the person making the will names another person to take the gift in the event that the instituted heir does not accept it or is already deceased ...
Minor
Minor, a person under twenty-one years of age. There is no legal distinction between a minor in this sense and an infant. See INFANT. Strictly speaking, in Scotland a minor is a person between the ages of pupilarity and majority--in males from fourteen to twenty-one years and females from twelve to twenty-one years. minors must act with a curator if they have one, whereas pupils (under the age of pupilarity) act through their tutor. These are summary disabilities imposed by Common Law and Statute on minors.It means a person of either sex who is under eighteen years of age. [Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, s. 2 (d)]It means a person who has completed the age of sixteen years but has not completed the age of eighteen years. [Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, s. 2 (cb)]It means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years. [Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923), s. 2 (1) (ff)]It means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years. [Citizenship Act, 19...
majority
majority pl: -ties 1 a : legal age b : the status of one who has reached legal age 2 a : a number or quantity greater than half of a total compare plurality b : the excess of a majority over the remainder of the total 3 a : the group or political party whose votes predominate b : the judges voting in a particular case who together determine the prevailing decision see also majority opinion at opinion compare dissent majority adj ...
Majority
Majority. 1. The full age of 21 years; a minor comes of age in the eye of the law on the day preceding the anniversary of his birth. 2. The grater number. In a deliberative body, questions are ordinarily decided by a majority of those present at a meeting and voting, provided that the whole number present be not less than a certain quorum (see QUORUM) of the whole body. See, e.g., Local Government Act, 1933, s. 75, and Parts I. to V. of the Third Schedule thereto. See MEETING, and as to restrictions upon the powers of a company exercised by a majority in general meeting, see Re Hoare & Co. Ltd., 150 LT 374....
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