Emancipation
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An act by which a per- This is of importance mainly in relation to the emancipation of minors from the parental control.
See 3 Term R. 355; 6 Term R. 247; 8 Term R. 479; 3 East, 276; 10 East, 88; H Vt. 258, 477. See Cooper, Just. Inst 441, 480; 2 Ball. (Pa.) 57, 58; Civ. Code La. bk. 1, tit. 8, c. 3; Ferriere, Diet, de Jur.; 15 Mass. 272; 8 Cow. (N. Y.) 184.