text: Special classifications of young delinquents by age are used for criminal law purposes in many countries. In France and Spain, age brackets are expressed directly: mineur âgé de plus de treize ans, minor/person aged 13 or over, menor de dieciséis años, minor/person under 16. In England the distinctions are made terminologically: child (under 14), 1/ young person (14 or over but under 17), 1/ juvenile offender (under 17), juvenile adult (17 or over but vmder 21). Likewise in Switzerland: enfant (under 15), adolescent (15 or over but under 18), jeune adulte (18 or over but under 25). 1/ Children and Young Persons Act 1969, sect. 70; Curzon Criminal, p. 90. - 1158 - Note 11 SECURITY INTERESTS IN PROPERTY This note makes no attempt to explain systematically this complicated branch of law, called in French les sûretés and in Spanish las garantías. Its aim is simply to clarify a few points conceming the translation into English of the French terms antichrèse. caution, cautionnement, droit d.e rétention, fidéjussion. gage, garantie, hypothèque. privilège and sûreté» and the Spanish terms anticresis, caución, derecho de retención, sapeñfi, fiânzâ, garantía, hipoteca and privilegio, as well as the cognate nouns and verbs in both languages. The first point to bear in mind is that all three languages have generic terms which are used interchemgeably to express the notion of "that which fortifies or makes more secure a person's undertaking, particularly to pay or repay money" (OCL security); in other words, an obligation accessory to the main obligation. In English these terms are guarantee and security, in French caution, garantie and sûreté, and in Spanish caucJQS and fianza. Used in this broad sense, as they often are, these seven terms are synonyms. Security also has a special sense of a document evidencing a right to 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing legal terminology and concepts related to property rights and obligations. It compares and contrasts French, Spanish, and English terminology, providing definitions and examples. The language is formal and technical, suggesting a focus on legal or academic topics.