At what time is a witch/wizard categorized as one?

[drjuliehoward]

No: HPFGUIDX 88852

<snip>>Mandy wrote: 
> The fact the Neville's family risked his life to find out that he 
was 
> not a Squib, implies that it is either not possible, or very 
> difficult, to call the ministry and find out if the child's name 
is 
> down in 'The Book' or not. 
> 
><snip>

Do we have canon evidence that this is WHY dear old Uncle Algie 
dropped Neville off the balcony?  Was it to see IF he was magical, 
or does canon tell us simply that this is when they found out he was 
magical?  (I do not have my books, so I cannot read this section.)  
Back to what I have posted earlier, I try not to assume to know a 
motivation.  I still wonder about Neville's family and their 
possibly being DEs or at least in this camp.  Is it possible that 
Uncle Algie knew of LV's suspicion about the prophecy and, thinking 
Neville could be the question mark, tried to kill Neville for LV?  
I'm curious about what others think.

Julie -- who still owns my shrink bias