sui juris
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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
Entering upon the time when practically he becomes sui juris, he has far too much power and influence to be treated with levity.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
From the time of Diocletian the woman who was sui juris was a subject of the state without intermediary, just as her brother or husband was, and she enjoyed free disposition of herself.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
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
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
