Minor

Minor in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of minor.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Minor

(You may find minor at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

early 14c., “a Franciscan,” from Latin Fratres Minores “lesser brethren,” name chosen by St. Francis, who founded the order, for the sake of humility; see minor (adj.). From c. 1400 as “minor premise of a syllogism.” From 1610s as “person under legal age” (Latin used minores (plural) for “the young”). Musical sense is from 1797. Meaning “secondary subject of study, subject of study with fewer credits than a major” is from 1890; as a verb in this sense from 1934.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• minor in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• minor in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Definition of Minor

A child who has not attained the age of having full legal capacity.

Concept of Minor in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Minor: Any person under the age of 18, or under age 21 with regard to alcoholic beverages.

Concept of Minor in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Minor: Any person under the age of 18, or under age 21 with regard to alcoholic beverages.

Concept of “Minor”

Traditional meaning of minor in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Less; younger; an infant. Minor jurare non potest: a minor cannot make oath. Minor 17 annis non admittitur fore executorem: a person under seventeen is not admitted to be executor. Minor setas: infancy. Minora regalia: the lesser prerogatives of the Crown.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Minor”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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