Latin: In the civil law. Age. Aetas infantiae prozima. 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. iEtas legitima. Lawful age; the age of twenty five. Dig. 3, 5, 27, pr.; Id. 26, 2, 32, 2; Id. 27, 7, 1, pr.^tas perfecta. Complete age; full age; the age of twenty five. Dig. 4, 4, 32; Id. 22, 3, 25, 1. ffitas prima. The first age; infancy, (infantia.) Cod. 6, 61, 8, 3. 2Etas pnbertati prozima. The age next to puberty; the last half of the period of childhood, (pueritia,) extending from ten years and a half to fourteen. Inst. 3, 20, 9; 4 Bl. Comm. 22.
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