See Also: MINOR, persons(law)
Persons(medicine)
ACCESS, persons(law)
DEMISE, persons(law)
LUNATIC, persons(law)
GUARDIANSHIP, persons(law)
disabled persons(medicine)
MAJOR, persons(law)
MUTE, persons(law)
MAJORITY, persons(law)

MINOR, persons (law)


MINOR, persons. One under the age of twenty-one years, while in a state of infancy; one who has not attained the age of a major. The terms major and infancy; one who has not attained the age of a major. The terms major and minor, are more particularly used in the civil law. The common law terms are minor, are more particularly used in the civil law. The common law terms are adult and infant. See Infant. adult and infant. See Infant.