ENLISTMEN

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

  ENLISTMENT. The act of making a contract to serve the government in a 
  subordinate capacity, either in the army or navy. The contract so made, is 
  also called an enlistment. See, as to the power of infants to enlist, 4 
  Binn. 487; 5 Binn. 423; Binn. 255; 1 S. & R. 87; 11 S. & R. 93.