one who has attained legal majority
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majority — ma·jor·i·ty /mə jȯr ə tē/ n pl ties 1 a: legal age b: the status of one who has reached legal age 2 a: a number or quantity greater than half of a total compare plu … Law dictionary
LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM — UNDER THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1876–1917) Judiciary Throughout the period from the promulgation of the Ottoman Constitution of 1876 until the present time there have been both secular and religious courts exercising jurisdiction in the territory of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
adult — n: a person who has reached an age specified by law compare child, infant, minor Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Article One of the United States Constitution — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I … Wikipedia
Age of majority — Legal age redirects here. For other uses, see Legal age (disambiguation). The age of majority is the threshold of adulthood as it is conceptualized (and recognized or declared) in law. It is the chronological moment when minors cease to legally… … Wikipedia
adult — One who has attained the legal age of majority; generally 18 years. At civil law, a male who had attained the age of 14; a female who had attained the age of 12. See legal age majority … Black's law dictionary
adult — One who has attained the legal age of majority; generally 18 years. At civil law, a male who had attained the age of 14; a female who had attained the age of 12. See legal age majority … Black's law dictionary
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major — A person of full age; one who is no longer a minor; one who has attained the management of his own concerns and the enjoyment of his civic rights. See also adult legal age majority. Greater or larger. Zenith Radio Distributing Corporation v.… … Black's law dictionary
