What does legal age mean?
Definitions for legal age
le·gal age
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Princeton's WordNet
majority, legal agenoun
the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
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legal age
Legal age, also known as age of majority, is the age at which a person is legally considered an adult with full capacity to make important decisions, sign contracts, vote, consent to sexual activities, etc. This age varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but is often set at 18 or 21 years.
Editors Contribution
legal age
A specific age that gives a form of legal authority.
In many countries of the world the legal age to vote is 16.
Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2021
Matched Categories
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of legal age in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of legal age in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of legal age in a Sentence
I'm embarrassed to say this but it took me far too long to start voting. I had been of legal age for more than four years before I cast my first vote in the 2008 presidential election, it's not that I didn't care, but I didn't believe that me caring mattered. It was impossible for me to comprehend that one young woman checking a box after waiting in a long line could matter on a national level.
I never engaged in a sexual [act] with Mr. Morrissey until I was of legal age.
It's certainly antiquated ; it's not consumer friendly, it's not a system where responsible adults find a convenient way to shop for these products. Someone who is of legal age should not be constricted.
Providing for flights and hotel rooms for people that you're dating who are of legal age is not a crime.
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