1. Code of Virginia, Title 1, Chapter 2, § 1-204. Age of majority. This statute establishes the age of majority in Virginia as eighteen years. Trystan, at 17, is legally a minor, which grants him the capacity to void certain contracts.
2. Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 14 (1981). Published by the American Law Institute and widely adopted in U.S. jurisprudence, this section states, "Unless a statute provides otherwise, a natural person has the capacity to incur only voidable contractual duties until the beginning of the day before the person's eighteenth birthday." This principle is a cornerstone of contract law taught in university law programs.
3. George Mason University, School of Business, Virginia Real Estate Practice & Law, 10th Ed. In the chapter on "Contracts," the text clarifies the essential elements of a valid contract, including legally competent parties. It specifies that contracts with minors are generally voidable by the minor party, distinguishing this from void contracts. (e.g., Chapter 9, "Contract Validity").