The term “minor,” when used in any statute, shall include any person, male or female, under twenty-one years of age.
Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-27
Minor
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case 741 So. 2d 894 - McGilberry v. State (1999)
Most recently applied in Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis (November 2024)
Codes, 1892, § 1508; 1906, § 1585; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1352; 1930, § 1376; 1942, § 684.
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