Tender Years Doctrine. A doctrine rarely employed in Child Custody disputes that provides that, when all other factors are equal, custody of a child of tender yearsâgenerally under the age of thirteen yearsâshould be awarded to the mother.
An octagon would be the shape of a stop sign.Stop has 8 sides and so does the octagon.
Consider this graphic as an illustration of the difference between signs and symbols. This is a road sign. By its shape, we know it is a warning. We know the yellow, diamond-shaped road sign is a warning, because the authorities have arbitrarily designated yellow, diamond-shaped road signs as warnings.