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From: Virginia E Hench <>
Subject: Re: "Infants" (not a surname)
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 20:48:44 -1000
In-Reply-To: <199808300513.WAA01367@bl-30.rootsweb.com>

on: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 20:49:19 +0000
> : "Juanita Alloway" <>wrote:
> Subject: Definition of "Infant"
>
> I'd like to know what age a person had to be to be considered an
> "Infant". I've been under the impression that "infant", especially
> in the older court records, meant anyone under legal age. One of my
.............
Aloha, Juanita --- Yes, "infant" in legal
documents refers to anyone under the
legal age of majority. A lot of courts
use the term "minor" but "infant" means the
same thing.
Aloha, Ginny Hench (law prof)

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