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Infancy

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The state of an infant. See Infant.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Minority; the state of a person who is under the age of legal majority, —at common law, twenty-one years. 'According in the sense in which this term is used, it may denote the condition of the person merely with reference to his years or the contractual disabilities which non-age entails or his status with regard to other powers or relations. Keating v. Railroad Co., 94 Mich. 219, 53 N. W. 1053; Anonymous, 1 Salk. 44; Code Miss. 1892, § 1505.

Natural infancy. A period of non-responsible life, which ends with the seventh year. Wharton.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The status of an infant; nonage, or minority.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Minority; the state of a person who is under the age of legal majority, —at common law, twenty-one years. <According to the sense in which this term is used, if may denote the condition of the person merely with reference to his years, or the contractual disabilities which non-age entails, or his status with regard to other powers or relations.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

The state or condition of a person under the age of twenty-one years. ' Vide Infant.