period of legal immaturity
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nonage — I noun adolescence, childhood, early stage, immaturity, infancy, legal immaturity, legal minority, minority, period of legal immaturity, period of legal minority, tender age, youth II index adolescence, minority (infancy) Burton s Legal Thesaurus … Law dictionary
minority — mi·nor·i·ty n pl ties 1 a: the period before attainment of majority b: the state of being a minor 2: the smaller of two groups constituting a whole: as a: a group (as in a legislative body) having less than the number of votes necessary for… … Law dictionary
nonage — /non ij, noh nij/, n. 1. the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21. 2. any period of immaturity. [1350 1400; late ME < MF (see NON , AGE); r. ME nownage < AF nounage; MF as above] * * * … Universalium
nonage — non•age [[t]ˈnɒn ɪdʒ, ˈnoʊ nɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) law the period of legal minority 2) any period of immaturity • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME no(w) nage < MFnonӓage … From formal English to slang
nonage — /ˈnoʊnɪdʒ/ (say nohnij) noun 1. the period of legal minority. 2. any period of immaturity. {Middle English nounage, from Anglo French, from noun non + age age} …
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