legal age

noun

: the age at which a person enters into full adult legal rights and responsibilities (as of making contracts or wills)

Examples of legal age in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Nearly half, or 45%, are paying for their adult children’s health insurance costs until the age of 26, or the legal age limit, and 33% are contributing to their children’s education beyond college, including graduate school. —Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026

The legal age to drink wine and beer in the Valais region where it's located is 16, so many young people had come to the bar to celebrate the new year. —Haley Ott, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026

Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C. have banned the substance, and eight other states have set a legal age limit of 21 to buy products containing kratom. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025

Wisconsin does not have a legal age requirement for children to be left home alone. —Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for legal age

• disengage
• interstage
• macrophage
• multistage
• alienage
• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage
• engage
• enrage
• leafage

Medical Definition

legal age

noun

le·​gal age ˈlē-gəl- 

: the age at which a person enters into full adult legal rights and responsibilities (as of making contracts or wills)

Legal Definition

legal age

noun

: 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, emancipate