(UK, legal) The capacity of a child to consent to medical treatment without parental permission or knowledge.
(UK, legal) The capacity of a child to consent to medical treatment without parental permission or knowledge.
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(North America, legal) An unemancipated patient who has not attained the age of majority but should be permitted to choose or reject a particular health care treatment, sometimes without the knowledge or agreement of parents.
The legal wherewithal to act.
(legal) A minor.
(law) A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
(UK) In accordance with a set of guidelines describing how local authorities should assess the age of a person, usually an unaccompanied asylum seeker.