Minority; the state of a per-son who is under the age of legal majorlty, —at common law, twenty-one years. Ac-cording to the sense in which this term is used, it may denote the condition of the per-sou merely with reference to his years, or the contractual disabilities which non-age entails, or his status with regard to other powers or relations. Keating v. Railroad Co., 94 Mich. 219, 53 N. W. 1053; Anony-mous, 1 Salk. 44; Code Miss. 1892, § 1505
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
