AGE-PRAYER

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  AGE-PRAYER, AGE-PRIER, oetatis precatio. English law, practise. When an
  action is brought against an infant for lands which he hath by descent, he
  may show this to the court, and pray quod loquela remaneat until he shall
  become of age; which is called his age-prayer. Upon this being ascertained,
  the proceedings are stayed accordingly. When the lands did not descend, he
  is not allowed this privilege. 1 Lilly's Reg. 54.