| 单词 | child |
| 释义 | child child 1. a young person. The law in either England and Scotland can- not be said to offer any single definition of the word. Various ages are defined as childhood, but all are under the age of MAJORITY, which is 18: Children Act 1989. In relation to CRIME, a child is a person under 14: Children and Young Persons Act 1969.In Scotland, majority is attained at 18: Age of Majority (Scotland) Act 1969. However, the Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 establishes the age of 16 as generally conferring full legal CAPACITY, subject to some provisos, until majority. For the purposes of crime, a child of under eight years cannot be prosecuted. The position in rela- tion to DELICT is uncertain. The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 refers and applies to children who have not reached the age of 16. See CHIL- DREN'S HEARING. The law on parental rights and responsibilities in Scotland under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 applies largely to children under 16 with a few provisions for those under 18. 2. in wills and deeds, 'child' can refer to persons of any age. Normal- ly 'child' will refer to issue in the first generation only, excluding grandchildren or remoter issue, but if the testator's intention can be interpreted as including descendants then the position may be dif- ferent: Morgan v. Thomas 51 LJQB 55. The practice is the same in Scotland: Adam's Executrix v. Maxwell 1921 SC 418. 3. throughout the UK for the purposes of CHILD SUPPORT, a qualifying child is a person under the age of 16 or under 19 and in full-time (but not advanced) education or under 18 in certain circumstances and a person who has not contracted a valid, void or annulled marriage. A qualifying child is one for which one or both parents is an ABSENT PARENT. |
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