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2019 District of Columbia Code
Title 28 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]
Chapter 35 - Statute of Frauds.
§ 28–3505. New promise or acknowledgement of debt incurred during infancy.
Universal Citation: DC Code § 28–3505 (2019)
An action may not be maintained to charge a person upon an acknowledgment of, or promise to pay, a debt contracted during infancy, made after full age, except for necessaries, unless the acknowledgement or promise is in writing signed by the party to be charged therewith. This section does not affect ratification by conduct.
(Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 677, Pub. L. 88-509, § 1.)
Prior Codifications1981 Ed., § 28-3505.
1973 Ed., § 28-3505.
Cross ReferencesAge of majority, contracts, see § 28:1-103.
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