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Adult
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AdultCivil law. An infant who, if a boy, has attained his full age of fourteen years, and if a girl, her full age of twelve.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Infant
Persons. One under the age of twenty-one years.
Years
Estate for years.
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Adulteration
This term denotes the act of mixing something impure with something pure, as, to mix an inferior liquor with wino; au inferior article with coffee, tea,.and the like.
Adulterine
A term used in the civil law to denote the issue of an adulterous intercourse.
Adulterium
In the old records this word does not signify the offence of adultery, but the fine imposed for its commission.
Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not their married spouse. In most countries, this is a legal ground for divorce. The person who seduces another's spouse is known as the "adulterer." In old English law, this was also known as criminal conversation.
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Adnepos
A term employed by the Romans to designate male descendants in the fifth degree, in a direct line. This term is used in making genealogical tables.
Adolescence
Persons.That age which follows puberty and precedes the age of majority; it commences for males at fourteen, and for females at twelve years completed, and continues till twenty-one years complete.
Adoption
Civil law. The act by which a person chooses another from a strange family, to have all the rights of his own child.
Adr
Abbreviation for alternative dispute resolution.
Adrogation
Civil law. The adoption of one who was impubes, that is, if a male, under fourteen years of age; if a female, under twelve.
Adult
Adulteration
This term denotes the act of mixing something impure with something pure, as, to mix an inferior liquor with wino; au inferior article with coffee, tea,.and the like.
Adulterine
A term used in the civil law to denote the issue of an adulterous intercourse.
Adulterium
In the old records this word does not signify the offence of adultery, but the fine imposed for its commission.
Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not their married spouse. In most countries, this is a legal ground for divorce. The person who seduces another's spouse is known as the "adulterer." In old English law, this was also known as criminal conversation.
Advance fee scheme
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Infant
Persons. One under the age of twenty-one years.
Years
Estate for years.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Adulteration
This term denotes the act of mixing something impure with something pure, as, to mix an inferior liquor with wino; au inferior article with coffee, tea,.and the like.
Adulterine
A term used in the civil law to denote the issue of an adulterous intercourse.
Adulterium
In the old records this word does not signify the offence of adultery, but the fine imposed for its commission.
Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not their married spouse. In most countries, this is a legal ground for divorce. The person who seduces another's spouse is known as the "adulterer." In old English law, this was also known as criminal conversation.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Adnepos
A term employed by the Romans to designate male descendants in the fifth degree, in a direct line. This term is used in making genealogical tables.
Adolescence
Persons.That age which follows puberty and precedes the age of majority; it commences for males at fourteen, and for females at twelve years completed, and continues till twenty-one years complete.
Adoption
Civil law. The act by which a person chooses another from a strange family, to have all the rights of his own child.
Adr
Abbreviation for alternative dispute resolution.
Adrogation
Civil law. The adoption of one who was impubes, that is, if a male, under fourteen years of age; if a female, under twelve.
Adult
Adulteration
This term denotes the act of mixing something impure with something pure, as, to mix an inferior liquor with wino; au inferior article with coffee, tea,.and the like.
Adulterine
A term used in the civil law to denote the issue of an adulterous intercourse.
Adulterium
In the old records this word does not signify the offence of adultery, but the fine imposed for its commission.
Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not their married spouse. In most countries, this is a legal ground for divorce. The person who seduces another's spouse is known as the "adulterer." In old English law, this was also known as criminal conversation.
Advance fee scheme
The Fraudster collects fees in advance without ever intending to fulfill the agreement to provide services or products.
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