MAJORITY
“I think it’s interesting to realise that the age of majority is 21 now mainly by custom simply because at the time of Magna Carta it was reckoned that a young man in knightly service did not acquire the physical strength to wear the heavy armour or lift a lance until he was 21. And it stuck. As a basis for a flaw in the twentieth century it doesn’t seem very good does it?”—Norman Tozer in a 8.8. C. broadcast investigating the case for lowering the age of majority from 21 to 18.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31576, 13 January 1968, Page 5
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94MAJORITY Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31576, 13 January 1968, Page 5
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