When used in this chapter unless otherwise apparent from the context:
- (1) The term "adult" shall be construed as meaning any person who is eighteen years of age or older;
- (2) The term "minor" shall be construed as meaning any person who is less than eighteen years of age;
- (3) The term "real estate" shall be construed as coextensive in meaning with lands, tenements and hereditaments, and as embracing all chattels real.
(RSMo 1939 § 3439, A.L. 1974 2d Ex. Sess. S.B. 2)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3052; 1919 § 2211; 1909 § 2822
Effective 1-7-75
*This section was amended by S.B. 630, 2010, effective 3-01-11.