Quadriennium Utile

Scottish Law: Quadriennium Utile in the Past

The four years of a minor between his age of twenty-one and twenty-five years, are so called.

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During this period he is permitted to impeach contracts (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) made against his interest earlier to his arriving at the age of twenty-one years. Ersk. Prin. B. 1, t. 7, n. 19; 1 Bell’s Com. 135, 5th ed.; Ersk. Inst. B. 1, t. 7, s. 35. [1][rtbs name=”scottish-law”]

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Notes and References

1. Partialy, this information about quadriennium utile is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including quadriennium utile.

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