Boy

What does Boy mean in American Law?

The definition of Boy in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

A human male short of adulthood by a wildly variable distance depending on context. While it has been said in legal opinions that to be a “boy” one must be short of puberty, there is no fixed legal meaning or usage; even a father will sometimes seem to his father a boy. But when an adult male is addressed as “boy,” the usage is usually intended and perceived as insulting, especially by adult black males to whom that insulting usage is particularly familiar. Cf girl.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Boy in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term boy into Spanish: muchacho (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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See Also

• Population
• Population Planning
• Population Policy