MINORITY

minority. 1. The state or condition of being under legal age. • In Scots law, legal minority begins at the end of puberty; until then, a person is a pupil. — Also termed infancy; nonage; immaturity. Cf. MAJORITY(1). [Cases: Infants 1. C.J.S. Infants §§ 2–4.] 2. A group having fewer than a controlling number of […]