AGE - Black's Law Dictionary

What is AGE? Definition of AGE in Black's Law Dictionary

The length of time during which a person has lived; the time at which one attains full per- sonal rights and capacities. In law the term sig- nifies those periods in the lives of persons of both sexes which enable them to do certain acts which, before they had arrived at those periods, they were prohibited from doing. 2 C.J.S., p. 1013.

As used in particular statutes, the term implies disability and, by definition, has been applied to all minors under a certain age and to others dis- abled by old age. Hampton v. Ewert, C.C.A.Okl., 22 F.2d 81, 87.

Age fixed by law. Johnson v. Travelers' Ins. Co., 147 Or. 345, 32 P.2d 587.

Age of consent. Ex parte Hutchens, 296 Mo. 331, 246 S. W. 186, 189.

Age of legal consent. Johnson v. Alexander, 39 Cal.App. 177, 178 P. 297; Fisher v. Bernard, 65 Vt. 663, 27 A. 316.

Age of majority. Gates v. Shaffer, 72 Wash. 451, 130 P. 896.

Age of maturity. Commercial Bank & Trust Co. v. Noble, 112 So. 691, 146 Miss. 552.

Age of twenty-one years. Vanderbilt v. Eidman, 196 U.S. 480, 25 S.Ct. 331, 49 L. Ed. 563.

Legal Age. See Legal Age.

Legal school age. Inhabitants of Needham v. Wellesley, 139 Mass. 372, 31 N.E. 732.

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