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minor

Legal term for those under the age of majority, which varies from country to country but is usually between 18 and 21. In the USA (from 1971 for voting, and in some states for nearly all other purposes) and certain European countries (in Britain since 1970) the age of majority is 18.

Most civic and legal rights and duties only accrue at the age of majority: for example, the rights to vote, to make a will, and (usually) to make a fully binding contract, and the duty to act as a juror.


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British Racism
Zimbabwe's Political History
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3 January 1961

The one millionth Morris Minor family car - designed by Sir Alec Issigonis - comes off the production line at Cowley near Oxford.

15 January 1974

The first episode of 'Happy Days' airs on American television. A minor character, super-cool biker Arthur 'the Fonz' Fonzarelli, soon came to be the show's central character.

1 February 1978
Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a minor. Polanski has never returned to the US for fear of prosecution.
5 February 1782
Britain is defeated as Spanish and French forces capture the Mediterranean island Minorca.
8 April 1950
The Liaquat-Nehru Pact, an attempt to ease tension between the religious minorities of India and Pakistan, is signed.
27 April 1904
In Australia, the Australian Labor Party, forms its minority government led by Chris Watson.
26 July 1983
In Britain, in a test case at the High Court in London, Victoria Gillick fails to prevent doctors prescribing contraception to under-16s without parental consent. This case has had wider ramifications for the right of minors to make potentially life-changing decisions for themselves, without parental consent.
30 November 1954
In Alabama, U.S.A, Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges becomes the first known human to be strike by a meteorite. Hodges luckily only suffered minor injuries.
 

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