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EMANCIPATION [1 record]

Record 1 2011-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Status of Persons (Private Law)
  • Family Law (common law)
DEF

... the act of freeing a person who was under the legal authority of another (such as a child before the age of majority) from that control (such as a child reaching the age of majority).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statut des personnes (Droit privé)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
DEF

Acte juridique par lequel un mineur est affranchi de l'autorité parentale.

CONT

[...] l'émancipation d'un mineur se veut une modification de son état à exercer ses droits civils. Avec cette émancipation, un mineur pourra dorénavant avoir plus d'autonomie et de liberté pour exercer des droits civils qu'il ne pouvait pas exercer auparavant.

Spanish

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