sui juris
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The postulant, who must be at least twenty years old, is examined in order to ascertain that he is sui juris and has no disqualifying disease or other impediment.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
In most of the States, and by the common law of England, the age of twenty-one years was fixed as what they term the majority, when a person becomes sui juris.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
He never felt before, that he was sui juris, that he might go whithersoever he would, without asking leave, without consulting any other director than the law of his own mind.
From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William
Therefore, it is by no means necessary for a person to be sui juris or capable of acting in his or her own right, in order to qualify himself or herself to act for others.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
No Roman patrician was ever imbued with a greater sense of the sui juris of the sacred rights with which "the city" had invested her.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
