...such, is entitled to no power, but only to reverence and respect, — the power of a father, I say, over the persons of his children, ceases at the age of twenty-one." " Where a child was injured as a result of a tortious act he had, in common with an adult, his action...

...such, is entitled to no power, but only to reverence and respect, — the power of a father, I say, over the persons of his children ceases at the age of twenty-one, for they are then enfranchised by arriving at years of discretion, or that point which the law has...

...such, is entitled to no power, but only to reverence and respect — the power of a father, I say, over the persons of his children, ceases at the age of twenty-one, for they are then enfranchised by arriving at years of discretion, or that point which the law has...

...as such, is entitled to no power, but only to reverence and respect) the power of a father, I say, over the persons of his children ceases at the age of twentyone. (441) Power is neither absolute nor unconstrained; it rests upon obligation. When the obligation ceases,...

...as such, is entitled to no power, but only to reverence and respect,) the power of a father, I say, over the persons of his children ceases at the age of twenty-one. . . . Yet, till that age arrives, this empire of the father continues even after his death; for he...

...him; but this is no more than he is entitled to from his apprentices or servants. The legal power of a father . . . over the persons of his children ceases at the age of twenty-one: for they are then enfranchised by arriving at years of discretion." In this commentary Blackstone also...