IMPUBER
\ɪmpjˈuːbə], \ɪmpjˈuːbə], \ɪ_m_p_j_ˈuː_b_ə]\
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Civil law. One who is more than seven years old, or out of infancy, and who has not attained the age of an adult, (q. v.) and who is not yet in his puberty that is, if a boy, till he has attained his full age of fourteen years, and, if a girl, her full age of twelve years. Domat, Liv. Prel. t. 2, s. 2, n. 8.
By John Bouvier
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