Emancipation

is an act by which a person who was once in the power of another, 13 rendered free.’ By the laws of Louisiana, minors may be emancipated. Emancipation is express or implied. Express emancipation. The minor may be emancipated by his father, or if he has no father, by his mother, when he shall have arrived at the age of fifteen years. This emancipation takes place by the declaration to that effect of the father or mother, before a notary public, in the presence of two witnesses. The orphan minor, may likewise be emancipated by the judge, but not before he has arrived at the full age of eighteen years, if the family meeting called to that effect, be of opinion that he is able to administer his property. The minor may be emancipated against the will of his father and mother when they ill treat him excessively, refuse him support, or give him corrupt example. The marriage of the minor is an implied emancipation. The minor who is emancipated, has the full administration of his estate, and may pass all acts which may be confined to such administrahim, and give receipts for the same. He cannot bind himself legally by promise or obligation, for any sum exceeding the amount of one year of his revenue. When he is engaged in trade, he is considered as having arrived to the age of majority, for all acts which have any relation to such trade. The emancipation, whatever be the manner in which it may have been effected, may be _ revoked, whenever the minor contracts engagements which exceed the limits prescribed bylaw. ~ See Civil Code of Louisiana, B. 1, tit.

8, c. 3; Code Civ. B. 1, tit. 10, c. 2; Dict. de Droit, par Ferriére; Dict de Jurisp. art.

By the English law, filial emancipation is recognized chiefly in relation to the parochial settlement of See 3 T. R. 355; 6 T. seve.

247; 8 T. R. 479; 2 East, 276; 10 East, 88.