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What was the age of majority in the 1870s England? I couldn't find a concrete answer in google so this is site is my last hope. It's for a story set in the Victorian era.
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You're using the standard meaning of "age of majority"?
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Assuming you mean the usual definition, according to Wikipedia, it was 21 until 1970, when it was lowered to 18. The Demography of Victorian England and Wales also mentions 21.
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What was the age of majority in the 1870s England? I couldn't find a concrete answer in google so this is site is my last hope. It's for a story set in the Victorian era.
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You're using the standard meaning of "age of majority"?
– Steve Bird
4 hours ago
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Assuming you mean the usual definition, according to Wikipedia, it was 21 until 1970, when it was lowered to 18. The Demography of Victorian England and Wales also mentions 21.
– Lars Bosteen
4 hours ago
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You're using the standard meaning of "age of majority"?
– Steve Bird
4 hours ago
1
Assuming you mean the usual definition, according to Wikipedia, it was 21 until 1970, when it was lowered to 18. The Demography of Victorian England and Wales also mentions 21.
– Lars Bosteen
4 hours ago
You're using the standard meaning of "age of majority"?
– Steve Bird
4 hours ago
You're using the standard meaning of "age of majority"?
– Steve Bird
4 hours ago
1
1
Assuming you mean the usual definition, according to Wikipedia, it was 21 until 1970, when it was lowered to 18. The Demography of Victorian England and Wales also mentions 21.
– Lars Bosteen
4 hours ago
Assuming you mean the usual definition, according to Wikipedia, it was 21 until 1970, when it was lowered to 18. The Demography of Victorian England and Wales also mentions 21.
– Lars Bosteen
4 hours ago
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According to THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION, Working Paper No. 2 – 1977
In our law, “infancy†or “minority†is a status which was recognised by the Common Law and goes back to the earliest times. This status ceased when the minor attained the age of 21 years.
The paper goes on to explain how this arose after the Norman Invasion.
The Family Law Reform Act 1969 said
1 Reduction of age of majority from 21 to 18.
(1) As from the date on which this section comes into force a person shall attain full age on attaining the age of eighteen instead of on attaining the age of twenty-one; and a person shall attain full age on that date if he has then already attained the age of eighteen but not the age of twenty-one.
At the top it notes
Act wholly in force at 1.3.1972
We can be sure the age of majority was 21 in 1870.
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The age of majority was 21 in England, throughout the 19th Century, and until 1970. According to the answer to this question, 21 was the common-law age of majority, and had been since the concept was formed.
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According to THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION, Working Paper No. 2 – 1977
In our law, “infancy†or “minority†is a status which was recognised by the Common Law and goes back to the earliest times. This status ceased when the minor attained the age of 21 years.
The paper goes on to explain how this arose after the Norman Invasion.
The Family Law Reform Act 1969 said
1 Reduction of age of majority from 21 to 18.
(1) As from the date on which this section comes into force a person shall attain full age on attaining the age of eighteen instead of on attaining the age of twenty-one; and a person shall attain full age on that date if he has then already attained the age of eighteen but not the age of twenty-one.
At the top it notes
Act wholly in force at 1.3.1972
We can be sure the age of majority was 21 in 1870.
answered 1 hour ago
RedGrittyBrick
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According to THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION, Working Paper No. 2 – 1977
In our law, “infancy†or “minority†is a status which was recognised by the Common Law and goes back to the earliest times. This status ceased when the minor attained the age of 21 years.
The paper goes on to explain how this arose after the Norman Invasion.
The Family Law Reform Act 1969 said
1 Reduction of age of majority from 21 to 18.
(1) As from the date on which this section comes into force a person shall attain full age on attaining the age of eighteen instead of on attaining the age of twenty-one; and a person shall attain full age on that date if he has then already attained the age of eighteen but not the age of twenty-one.
At the top it notes
Act wholly in force at 1.3.1972
We can be sure the age of majority was 21 in 1870.
answered 1 hour ago
RedGrittyBrick
1,760813
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According to THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION, Working Paper No. 2 – 1977
In our law, “infancy†or “minority†is a status which was recognised by the Common Law and goes back to the earliest times. This status ceased when the minor attained the age of 21 years.
The paper goes on to explain how this arose after the Norman Invasion.
The Family Law Reform Act 1969 said
1 Reduction of age of majority from 21 to 18.
(1) As from the date on which this section comes into force a person shall attain full age on attaining the age of eighteen instead of on attaining the age of twenty-one; and a person shall attain full age on that date if he has then already attained the age of eighteen but not the age of twenty-one.
At the top it notes
Act wholly in force at 1.3.1972
We can be sure the age of majority was 21 in 1870.
answered 1 hour ago
RedGrittyBrick
1,760813
According to THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION, Working Paper No. 2 – 1977
In our law, “infancy†or “minority†is a status which was recognised by the Common Law and goes back to the earliest times. This status ceased when the minor attained the age of 21 years.
The paper goes on to explain how this arose after the Norman Invasion.
The Family Law Reform Act 1969 said
1 Reduction of age of majority from 21 to 18.
(1) As from the date on which this section comes into force a person shall attain full age on attaining the age of eighteen instead of on attaining the age of twenty-one; and a person shall attain full age on that date if he has then already attained the age of eighteen but not the age of twenty-one.
At the top it notes
Act wholly in force at 1.3.1972
We can be sure the age of majority was 21 in 1870.
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The age of majority was 21 in England, throughout the 19th Century, and until 1970. According to the answer to this question, 21 was the common-law age of majority, and had been since the concept was formed.
answered 1 hour ago
John Dallman
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The age of majority was 21 in England, throughout the 19th Century, and until 1970. According to the answer to this question, 21 was the common-law age of majority, and had been since the concept was formed.
answered 1 hour ago
John Dallman
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The age of majority was 21 in England, throughout the 19th Century, and until 1970. According to the answer to this question, 21 was the common-law age of majority, and had been since the concept was formed.
answered 1 hour ago
John Dallman
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The age of majority was 21 in England, throughout the 19th Century, and until 1970. According to the answer to this question, 21 was the common-law age of majority, and had been since the concept was formed.
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You're using the standard meaning of "age of majority"?
– Steve Bird
4 hours ago
1
Assuming you mean the usual definition, according to Wikipedia, it was 21 until 1970, when it was lowered to 18. The Demography of Victorian England and Wales also mentions 21.
– Lars Bosteen
4 hours ago