☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Infancy Defense

The defense that the defendant was too young to form criminal intent — at common law, children under 7 were conclusively presumed incapable; between 7 and 14, a rebuttable presumption applied.

Category: Criminal Law · Source: Black's Law Dictionary
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