Miss. Code § 1-3-27 : — LAWS AND STATUTESCONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES —3-27 - Minor TEXT PDF The term "minor," when used in any statute, shall include any person, male or female, under twenty-one years of age. Miss. Code § 1-3-27 Codes, 1892, § 1508; 1906, § 1585; Hemingway's 1917, § 1352; 1930, § 1376; 1942, § 684. Brought forward by Laws, 2021, ch. 338, HB 429,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2021.