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noun
The capacity of a child to consent to medical treatment without parental permission or knowledge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Based on the decision in 1985 of the House of Lords in Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority.
