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legal age — n: an age at which a person becomes entitled under the law to engage in a particular activity or becomes responsible for particular acts the legal age for drinking in this state; broadly: age of majority compare age of consent … Law dictionary
legal age — n. the age at which a person acquires full legal rights and responsibilities; majority … English World dictionary
legal age — the age at which a person acquires full legal rights and responsibilities, such as the right to make contracts and deeds. [1925 30] * * * … Universalium
legal age — Synonyms and related words: adulthood, adultness, age of consent, driving age, flower of age, full age, full bloom, full growth, fullgrownness, grown upness, legalis homo, majority, manhood, manlihood, mature age, maturity, prime, prime of life,… … Moby Thesaurus
legal age — le·gal age lē gəl n the age at which a person enters into full adult legal rights and responsibilities (as of making contracts or wills) … Medical dictionary
legal age — noun Date: 1762 the age at which a person enters into full adult legal rights and responsibilities (as of making contracts or wills) … New Collegiate Dictionary
Age of majority — Legal age redirects here. For other uses, see Legal age (disambiguation). The age of majority is the threshold of adulthood as it is conceptualized (and recognized or declared) in law. It is the chronological moment when minors cease to legally… … Wikipedia
age — n: the time of life at which some particular qualification, power, or capacity arises the voting age is 18 see also legal age, majority Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
age of majority — Age at which a person may contract sui juris; now 18 in most jurisdictions. Sometimes referred to as full age; legal age; majority; adulthood. Age at which one may execute a valid will or vote; age at which payments for support by parents may… … Black's law dictionary
age of majority — Age at which a person may contract sui juris; now 18 in most jurisdictions. Sometimes referred to as full age; legal age; majority; adulthood. Age at which one may execute a valid will or vote; age at which payments for support by parents may… … Black's law dictionary
