MALITIA SUPPLET AETATEM
\mˈalɪʃə sˈʌplət ˈiːte͡ɪtəm], \mˈalɪʃə sˈʌplət ˈiːteɪtəm], \m_ˈa_l_ɪ_ʃ_ə s_ˈʌ_p_l_ə_t ˈiː_t_eɪ_t_ə_m]\
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[L.] A maxim of the law, referring to infants between seven and fourteen: malice makes up for want of age; i.e., in the particular case, the premature criminal intelligence of the child shows him to have been fully aware of what he was doing. On the other hand, the evidence of a child intelligently and religiously brought up, though primafacie not to be received, may be received upo the principle, Sapientia supplet aetatem ; generally applied to children of seven and under.
By Henry Percy Smith
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