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Malitia supplet 'tatem
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Age
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 that a person of the age of 14
Children
but between eight and fourteen a child is presumed to be doli incapax; though the rule prevails that 'malitia supplet 'tatem.' It is conclusively presumed that no child under eight canb e guilty of any offence (s. 50). See
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