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Lawful Age

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Majority; usually the age of twenty-one years.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The age at which one ceases to be an infant. See Infant.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Majority. This usually means twenty-one years, but in some of the states, for certain purposes, a woman attains lawful age at eighteen. Mc Kim v. Handy, 4 Md. Ch. 228. See Age.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Full age; majority; generally the age of twenty-one years, though sometimes eighteen as to a female. See McKim v. Handy, 4 Md. Ch. 237.

Defined under Lawful in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Full age; majority; generally the age of twenty-one years,