Age-Prayer

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.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.