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Infans

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A child under seven.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In the Civil Law. A child under the age of seven years; so called “quasi impos fandi" (as not having the faculty of speech). Cod. Theodos. 8, 18, 8.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat In the civil law. A child under the age of seven years; so calied "quasi impos fandi," (as not having the faculty of speech.) Co.d. Theodos, 8, 18, 8.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

L In the civil law. A child under the age of seven years; so called as not having the faculty of speech. Infans non multum a fnrioso distat: an infant is not far removed from [not very unlike] a madman.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. A child under the age of seven.