Minor (law)

In law, a person who is not yet a legal adult is known as a minor (known in some places as an infant or juvenile). For example, in many countries a person under the age of 18 is a minor. Most countries give additional legal protection to minors, and all countries except the United States and Somalia have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

See also

• age of consent
• age of majority
• marriageable age
• voting age
• age of criminal responsibility
• child soldier
• child pornography
• disseminating pornography to a minor