nonage

  • 21nonage — The condition of a person under the age of majority; infancy. Want of the requisite age to enter into a marriage or conduct a business transaction …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 22nonagium or nonage — /nowneyj(iy)am/nownaj/ In old European law, a ninth part of movables which was paid to the clergy on the death of persons in their parish, and claimed on pretense of being distributed to pious uses …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23nonagium or nonage — /nowneyj(iy)am/nownaj/ In old European law, a ninth part of movables which was paid to the clergy on the death of persons in their parish, and claimed on pretense of being distributed to pious uses …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24infancy — infancy, minority, nonage denote the state or period of being under the age established by law for the attainment of one s full civil rights and independence of guardianship. Infancy is seldom used in this denotation outside of legal documents… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 25minority — 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

  • 26adolescence — I noun adulescentia, immaturity, juniority, juvenility, minority, nonage, puberty, pubescence, puerility, youth II index nonage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 27minority — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. few, handful; smaller group; nonage, childhood. See youth, inferiority, rarity.Ant., majority; maturity, adulthood. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An outnumbered group] Syn. opposition, less than half, the… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 28Avoidable — A*void a*ble, a. 1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. [1913 Webster] The charters were not avoidable for the king s nonage. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29Infancy — In fan*cy, n. [L. infantia: cf. F. enfance. See {Infant}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood. [1913 Webster] The babe yet lies in smiling infancy. Milton. [1913 Webster] Their love… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30Nonaged — Non aged, a. Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature. W. Browne. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English