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legal age
noun
the age at which a person acquires full legal rights and responsibilities, such as the right to make contracts and deeds.
Word History and Origins
Origin of legal age1
Example Sentences
It has also prompted fresh debates about child protection laws, as currently there is no minimum legal age for marriage.
There is no legal age to stop driving in the UK and Mrs Duncan had renewed her driving licence earlier in the year.
The health ministry said the legal age of consent in Denmark is 15, and a 15-year-old girl can make her own choices about her own body.
The legal age of sale that people in England can buy cigarettes will be raised by one year, every year until it is eventually illegal for the whole population.
Under the new law, each year the legal age for cigarette sales - currently 18 - will increase by one year.
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