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Guardianship

duties relating to that office have been modified in favour of the mother by the (English) Custody of Infants Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 12, (English) Guardianship of Infants Acts, 1886 (49 & 50 Vict.

Necessaries

whom they are supplied, Wharton v. Mackenzie, (1845) 5 QB 606. It has often been held that an infant is bound to pay a reasonable price for such necessary things as relate to his maintenance and education--as

Container

a box, bottle, casket, tin, can, barrel, case, tube, receptacle, sack, wrapper or other thing in which any infant milk substitute, feeding bottle or infant food is placed or packed for sale or distribution. [Infant Milk Substitutes,

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War Office

Secretary of State for War and Army Council. A child under guardianship. A ward of Court is an infant under the protection of the High Court. An infant is constituted a ward of Court by an action

Next friend

Next friend. At law, an infant having a guardian might sue by his guardian, as such, or by his next friend, though he must

Age

and 14 is presumed to be doli incapax, but this presumption may be rebutted by evidence of the infant's capacity to discern good from evil (malitia supplet 'tatem-malice supplies age). The old rule in criminal matters was

Children

taken away from a person under sixteen who is smoking in any street or public place. See TOBACCO. Infant Life Protection.--The (English) Children Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 67) (sometimes termed the 'Children's Charter'), as amended

or by means of electronic transmission or by audio or visual transmission. [Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Food (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution Act, 1992 (41 of 1991), S. 2(1)(a)] Includes any notice, circular,

Adoption

after the 31st December, 1925, the Court (usually in the Chancery Division) may authorize the adoption of an infant who is under twenty-one years of age, a British subject, and resident in England and Wales, by an

Feeding bottle

Feeding bottle, means any bottle or receptacle used for the purpose of feeding infant milk substitutes and includes a teat and a valve attached or capable of being attached to such bottle

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