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'''Emancipation''' stands for setting someone free. Classically it means setting a [[slave]] free. (See [[Emancipation Proclamation]].) In family law, it means recognizing a [[minor]] as an [[adult]]. A court that does this, "frees" the child from needing any adult to make decisions, open [[bank]] accounts, or enter into [[contract]]s.

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