Minor is, in Scotch law, the term describing a person who, if a male, is between the ages of 14 and 21; and if a female, is between 12 and 21. In England the technical term is an Infant (q.v.).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 220
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