• In law, a minor is someone under a certain age, usually the age of majority, which demarcates an underage individual from legal adulthood. The age of majority...
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  • Look up minor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Minor may refer to: Minor (law), a person not under the age of certain legal activities. A person who...
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  • force or threat is usually not present. Statutory rape laws presume coercion because a minor or mentally disabled adult is legally incapable of giving...
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  • not be as full as common-law emancipation. Express: When the parent(s) or legal guardian agrees with the minor that the minor can leave home, become self-sustaining...
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  • in the U.S.), two main parties tend to emerge. In this case, votes for minor parties can potentially be regarded splitting votes away from the most similar...
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    Age of majority (redirect from Major (law))
    legal adulthood as recognized or declared in law. It is the moment when a person ceases to be considered a minor and assumes legal control over their person...
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  • adults or two or more minors, and, depending on laws with regard to age of consent, sexual contact between an adult and a minor. Sex crimes are forms...
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  • In law, a ward is a minor or incapacitated adult placed under the protection of a legal guardian or government entity, such as a court. Such a person may...
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    Marriage age in the United States (category Statutory law)
    Retrieved August 4, 2022. "Automatic Emancipation of Minors". FindLaw. Retrieved March 3, 2018. "Marriage Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and...
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    "Automatic Emancipation of Minors". FindLaw. Retrieved March 3, 2018. Family Code ยง 7002, also known as the Emancipation of Minors Law, enacted by Stats. 1992...
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