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Surrogate's office

office in New Jersey which carries out duties in probate, the administration of estates, and the guardianship of minors

UTMA

UTMA Uniform Transfer to Minors Act see also the Important Laws section

wait and see

clear whether or not the interest will vest within a time limit compare rule against perpetuities NOTE: A minority of states have adopted the wait and see doctrine.

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ward

city for representative, electoral, or administrative purposes 2 a : a person who by reason of incapacity (as minority or incompetency) is under the control of a guardian b : a person who by reason of incapacity

Dissentient

Disagreeing declaring dissent dissenting

Dissident

No agreeing dissenting discordant different

Emancipation

or process of emancipation or the state thereby achieved liberation as the emancipation of slaves the emancipation of minors the emancipation of a person from prejudices the emancipation of the mind from superstition the emancipation of a

Formosan

to or characteristic of Formosa or the natives of Formosa as The native Formosan population now forms a minority on their own island

Friar

brother or member of any religious order but especially of one of the four mendicant orders viz a Minors Gray Friars or Franciscans b Augustines c Dominicans or Black Friars d White Friars or Carmelites See these

VerbarFronde

A political party in France during the minority of Louis XIV who opposed the government and made war upon the court party

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