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discharge of such person or persons, body corporate or body politic in the
same manner and to the same extent as releases or receipts of the same
character are now by law good and valid when executed and delivered by
persons of the full age of twenty-one years.

This section referred to in passing upon when a female arrived at "legal age"—see
notes to art. 93, sec. 199. Perkins v. Safe Dep. & Trust Co., 138 Md. 305.

See notes to sec. 7.

1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 38.

11. In any and all cases in which any person sustains personal injuries
as a result of a tort alleged to have been committed against such person,
any release of the claim of such injured person for damages resulting from
such tort, signed by such injured person within two days of the infliction
of said injuries, and any power of attorney to or contract of employment
of an attorney at law, with reference to recovery of damages for such tort,
signed by such party within two days after the infliction of such injuries,
shall be voidable within sixty days at the option of such injured party.