Minor

Minor (juvenile)

Introduction to Minor

Minor (juvenile), legal term for those under the age of majority, which varies from country to country but is usually between 18 and 21. Most civic and legal rights and duties accrue only at the age of majority: for example, the rights to vote, to make a will, and (usually) to make a fully binding contract, and the duty to act as a juror. In the United States the age of majority for voting (and most other purposes in most states) has been 18 since 1971. ” (1)

Minor

From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Minor (2): Where the legal members of a society that is incorporated consist of male members of the church of full age, when minor sons become of age, they become legal members of the corporation, provided they remain in the church.212

In relation to Inter-American Treaties, Conventions and Agreements adopted within the framework of the OAS

The Organization of American States (a list of Members of the Organization of American States is here) adopted the following international instruments regarding Family: Minors

• Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations
• Inter-American Convention on the Return of Children
• Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws Concerning the Adoption of Minors
• Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors

Resources

Notes and References

• Information about Minor in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia
• Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago

See Also

• Religion
• Church