QUADRIENNIUM UTILE, Scotch law. The four years of a minor between his age of
twenty-one and twenty-five years, are so called.
2. During this period he is permitted to impeach contracts made against
his interest previous to his arriving at the age of twenty-one years. Ersk.
Prin. B. 1, t. 7, n. 19; 1 Bell's Com. 135, 5th ed.; Ersk. Inst. B. 1, t. 7,
s. 35.