I believe Helen Leary discussed this in one of her lectures that I attended. Paul Drake, in his book "What Did They Mean by That," defines infant as a child through the seventh year; at law, one under twenty-one years, e.g, "As now, a person was in natural infancy until the eighth birthday, and was a minor - a legal infant - until one and twenty.'" Barbara Jean Evans, in her book, "The New A to Zax," as "infant". Then later a person, who alhough he may be six feet tall, is not of legal age and therefore is still a minor Take your pick Pat. At 08:42 PM 2/18/2003 EST, [log in to unmask] wrote: >Has anyone run across meaning of the word "infant" assigned to any person >under 16/21 in legal documents? I have an entry in an 1815 order book in >Louisa Co., VA that refers to the Children of a man deceased for 10 years >(died in 1805) as infants. The Mother is still alive with the Children. Thank >you. Tim Spradling > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at >http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html