Minor – pactum illicitum – A discharge by a minor without curators of part of the tocher stipulated in his contract of marriage, being granted privately before solemnization of the marriage, and without the concurrence of the friends who were assisting him in the marriage treaty, reduced at the instance of the granter, on the head of minority and lesion, and as being contra fidem tabularum nuptialium.
Citations:
[1728] UKHL 1 – Paton – 7, (1728) 1 Paton 7
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Contract, Children
Updated: 19 July 2022; Ref: scu.554247