Definition of aetas

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Ætas
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    Lat. In the civll law. Age.
    —Ætas infantiae proxima. The age next to infancy; the first half of the period of childhood, (pueritia,) extending from seven years to ten and a half. Inst 3, 20, 9; 4 Bl. Comm. 22.
    —Ætas legitima. Lawful age; the age of twenty-five. Dig. 3, 5, 27, pr.; id. 26, 2, 32, 2 ; Id. 27, 7, 1, pr.
    —Ætas perfecta. Complete age ; full age; the age of twenty-five. Dig. 4, 4, 32; Id. 22, 3, 25, 1.
    —Ætas prima. The first age; infancy, (infantia.) Co.d. 6, 61, 8, 3.
    —Ætas pubertati proxima. The age next to puberty ; the last half of the period of childhood, (puentia,) extending from ten years and a half to fourteen. Inst. 3, 20, 9; 4 Bl. Comm. 22.