Puberty
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Civil Law. The age at which a child becomes capable of contracting marriage. It is in boys fourteen, and in girls twelve years.
Ayliffe, Pand. 63; Toullier, Dr. Civ. Fr. tom. 6, p. 100; Inst. 1, 22; Dig. 1.