legal age- the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs majority eld,age- a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld" ...
The time of life at which a person acquires full capacity to make his or her own contracts and deeds and to transact business or to enter into some particular contract or relation, such as marriage. In most states a minor attains legal age at eighteen, although for certain acts, such as...
the age, established by law, at which a person acquires civil transactional capacity and many other rights and duties. In the USSR the legal age is 18. Upon attaining the age of 18, citizens acquire the right to vote, civil rights, and rights and duties regarding marriage and the family—...
TENNESSEE. The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by virtue of the "act for the admission of the state of Tennessee into the Union," approved June 1, 1796, 1 Story's L. IT. S. 450, which recites and enacts as...
Berkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksAkram Faizer
Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1984 that removing custody from a white child's mother because of her marriage to a black man would be discriminatory (Palmore v. Sidoti, 466 U.S. 429, 104 S. Ct. 1879, 80 L. Ed. 2d 421), a Tennessee court in 1986 removed custody from...
Tennessee Vermont Virginia There are also seven other states that allow first cousin marriage, but with stipulations: Arizona - Allowed if both parties are over the age of 65, or one is infertile Illinois - Allowed if both parties are over the age of 50, or one is infertile ...
With so much at stake, marriage has become a matter regulated by law. In the United States, the law of marriage is reserved to the states and thus governed by state law. All states place restrictions on marriage, such as age requirements and the prohibition of intrafamilial marriage. ...
The Roman Catholic Church is just one of many religious institutions that oppose surrogacy. It is against all forms of surrogacy, even altruistic surrogacy, which does not involve the payment of a fee to the surrogate. It holds that surrogacy violates the sanctity of marriage and the spiritual ...
To the world, Linda DeSilva’s marriage to Robert Edelman was perfect. He was her college boyfriend turned wealthy and successful husband, and the father of her children. But what friends and family didn’t know was that the Texas real estate tycoon who set her up with a luxurious life in...