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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A law designed for the protection of minors against frauds and allowing them in certain cases to apply for the appointment of a guardian. In a somewhat wider and more generic sense, a law (whatever Its origin) or the aggregate of laws, relating to a particular subject-matter, thus corresponding to the meaning of the word "law" in some modern phrases, such as the "law of evidence," "law of wilis," eta