Minor

An infant or person who Is under the age of legal competence. A term derived from the civil law, which described a person under a certain age as less than se many years. Minor vigmtl quinque annis, one less than twenty-five years of age. Inst. 1, 14, 2. Also, less; of less consideration; lower; a person of inferior condition. Fleta, 2, 47, 13, 15; Calvin.

— Minor ætas. Lat Minority or infancy. Gro. Car. 516. Literally, lesser age.

— Minor fact. In the law of evidence. A relative, collateral, or subordinate fact; a circumstance. Wills, Circ. Ev. 27 ; Burrill, Circ. Ev. p. 121, note, 582.