2 In Virginia, for example, the General Assembly in its 1972 session lowered the age of majority to eighteen.Va.Code Ann.§ 1-13.42 (Cum.Supp.1972).One vestige of the earlier law was retained: Although they may be adults who can marry and vote, persons under twenty-one still cannot purchase alcoholic beverages other than beer.Va.Code Ann.§ 4-73.2 (Cum.Supp.1972).3 "A surgical operation on the body of a person is a technical battery or trespass, regardless of its result, unless the person or some authorized person consents to it."
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