Emancipation - Law Dictionary Search Results
Patria potestas
(2) the father or son suffering loss of freedom or citizenship; (3) the son attaining certain dignities; (4) emancipation.
Papist
the removal of which began in 1788, and was to a great extent completed by the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act, 1829, which Act and other Acts, the earliest being an Act of 1791, speak of them as
Institutions
same, but it is not so with free men, of whom some are free by birth, others by emancipation. The second Division of Persons begins at Title VIII. of the first book, and is explained in the
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VerbarNirvana
In the Buddhist system of religion the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of worldly existence as by
Disenthrallment
Liberation from bondage emancipation disinthrallment
emancipate
from state to state. In many states, however, the marriage of a minor results in his or her emancipation.
age of consent
deemed competent by law to give consent esp. to sexual intercourse or marriage see also statutory rape compare emancipation, legal age
age of majority
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,
collation
collation [French, from Latin collatio bonorum (in Roman law) contribution made by emancipated heirs to an estate under an intestate succession, literally, bringing together of goods] in the civil law of
enfranchise
citizen and esp. to voting rights [the Twenty-sixth Amendment enfranchised all citizens over 18 years of age] compare emancipate
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