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  • Meaning of the term Infant.

    From Joe Makowiec@21:1/5 to Keith Nuttle on Mon Jan 21 01:42:25 2019
    On 20 Jan 2019 in soc.genealogy.misc, Keith Nuttle wrote:

    I have a will from 1859. In the will the lady refers to her infant
    daughter. However at the time of the Will the "infant" was 15
    years old.

    Has the meaning of the term infant shifted either socially or
    legally? OR was she doing like myself, still calling my daughters
    who are in their 40's baby.

    IANAL, etc, but:

    What is INFANT?

    A person within age, not of age, or not of full age; a person
    under the age of twenty-one years; a minor. Co. Litt. 171 b; 1
    Bl. Comm. 403-10G; 2 Kent, Comm. 233.

    https://thelawdictionary.org/infant/

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  • From Keith Nuttle@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 20 20:34:43 2019
    I have a will from 1859. In the will the lady refers to her infant
    daughter. However at the time of the Will the "infant" was 15 years old.

    Has the meaning of the term infant shifted either socially or legally?
    OR was she doing like myself, still calling my daughters who are in
    their 40's baby.

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  • From Keith Nuttle@21:1/5 to Joe Makowiec on Sun Jan 20 21:39:25 2019
    On 1/20/2019 8:42 PM, Joe Makowiec wrote:
    On 20 Jan 2019 in soc.genealogy.misc, Keith Nuttle wrote:

    I have a will from 1859. In the will the lady refers to her infant
    daughter. However at the time of the Will the "infant" was 15
    years old.

    Has the meaning of the term infant shifted either socially or
    legally? OR was she doing like myself, still calling my daughters
    who are in their 40's baby.

    IANAL, etc, but:

    What is INFANT?

    A person within age, not of age, or not of full age; a person
    under the age of twenty-one years; a minor. Co. Litt. 171 b; 1
    Bl. Comm. 403-10G; 2 Kent, Comm. 233.

    https://thelawdictionary.org/infant/

    That fits what is known and the Will.
    THanks

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