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The designation of a change as minor or major is not a reflection of how much work went into making the change. For instance, even if you spent several hours finding and resolving problems with the formatting of references, the change would still be called minor. Editors should not feel that marking a change as minor devalues their effort.
[210] § 11-37-8.1 First degree child molestation sexual assault. – A person is guilty of first degree child molestation sexual assault if he or she engages in sexual penetration with a person fourteen (14) years of age or under. [211] Non-penetrative activity with minors 14 and younger constitutes second degree child molestation. [212] [213]
I was just wondering, what constitutes a minor edit, anyway? JB82 23:59, Feb 8, 2004 (UTC) . There is no clear guideline, but it's mainly something that you could reasonably presume that someone keeping an eye on the article and feeling a certain degree of "ownership" over it wouldn't care to have called to their attention: e.g., minor copy editing, increasing consistency of spelling ...
For example, if a country's age of majority is 18, but the legal drinking age is 21, then a 20 year old would still be considered a "minor" in situations involving buying or consuming alcohol. Another example is the age to consent to sexual activity , which in most of the cases in the world is under the age of majority.
In law, a minor is someone under a certain age, usually the age of majority, which demarcates an underage individual from legal adulthood. The age of majority depends upon jurisdiction and application, but it is commonly 19.
Parents have a number of legal duties while bringing up their biological or adopted child (e.g., a fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of the child). Failure to meet these requirements can result in the state taking civil and/or criminal action against the child's parent(s).
In some states, it is possible for a minor to legally marry even if they are below the age of consent in that state. Between 2000 and 2018, nearly 300,000 minors were legally married in the United States. Some 60,000 of those occurred at an age or spousal age difference that should have been considered a sex crime.
A minor between 13 and 18 who commits an offense can have a punishment that is educational or, in special cases, criminal. The criminal irresponsibility of children under 13 is defined by Article 122-8 of the Criminal Code.