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Webster 1913 Edition

Nonage

Non′age

,
Noun.
[LL.
nonagium
, from L.
nonus
ninth,
novem
nine.]
(Eccl.)
The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.
Mozley & W.

Non′age

,
Noun.
[Pref.
non-
+
age
.]
Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.
The human mind . . . was still in its
nonage
.
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nonage

NONAGE

,
Noun.
[non, not, and age] Minority; the time of life before a person, according to the laws of his country, becomes of age to manage his own concerns. Legal maturity of age is different in different countries. In this country, as in Great Britain, a mans nonage continues till he has completed twenty one years. Nonage is sometimes the period under 14 years of age, as in case of marriage.

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