Children in United States

Children Definition

(See “Sons.”) Legitimate offspring. L. R. 7 H. L. 568; 23 Hun (N. Y). 260; 14 N. J. Eq. 159. But see 42 Conn. 491. It includes only the first generation, and does not embrace grandchildren (21 N. J. Eq. 84; 19 Ohio St. 30; 104 Mass. 193), but it has been given that meaning in instruments where the context or the necessity of effectuating the instrument required it (15 N. J. Eq. 174; 37 N. Y. 42; 88 Pa. St. 478). It does not include stepchildren (8 Paige [N. Y.] 375), nor adopted children. (This definition of Children Is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary ). There are other definitions of Children in the legal Dictionaries.

Business Regulations

Various United States (and international laws) restrict the distribution of materials considered harmful to children and impose additional restrictions on the ability of online services to collect information from minors.

These laws currently impose restrictions and requirements on internet and online businesses, and future federal, or state laws and legislative efforts designed to protect children on the Internet may impose additional requirements on these companies.

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the Legal Aspects of E-Commerce

Children and the First Amendment of the Constitution

According to theEncyclopedia of the American Constitution, because many conceptions of the first amendment’s protection of speech and press are premised on a model of human rationality and human choice and because traditional views about children take them to be incapable of having the rationality and exercising the capacity of adults.

Children, Sexual Behaviour and the Law

Children and Tax Law

There are more details about Children in thetax compilation of the legal Encyclopedia.

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the E-Commerce Law

Children in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias

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Finding the law: Children in the U.S. Code

A collection of general and permanent laws relating to children, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines children topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.

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See Also

• PPC Advertising
• Social Networking
• Spam
• Startups
• Internet Tax
• Technology Law
• Terms of Use
• Juvenile Justice
• Child Protection
• Health
• Exposure to Violence
• Children Exposed to Violence

Further Reading

• Children in the Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law
• Information about Children in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.