Minority; the state of a person who is under the age of legal majority, at common law, twenty-one years. According to the sense in which this term is used, it may denote the condition of the person merely with reference to his years, or the contractual disabilities which non-age entails, or his status with regard to other powers or relations. Natural infancy. A period of non-responsible life, which ends with the seventh year. Wharton.