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
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