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

Additionally, given Natalia’s legal age, the statute of limitations prevents litigation of any offenses before 2014. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025

Later that year, members of Parliament voted to establish fifteen as the legal age of consent in France. —Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025

In 2012, the Barnetts petitioned an Indiana court for a legal age change; the petition was granted, changing Natalia’s legal age from eight to 22 years old. —Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025

In 2012, the parents successfully had the courts change Natalia’s legal age from eight to 22. —Lisa Respers France, CNN, 20 Feb. 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