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

While there’s no legal age limit, many Red Cross babysitting courses are designed for kids 11 and up. —Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2025

In this case, red flag laws may not have prevented the shooting, as the suspect is under the legal age to buy a gun. —Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025

Although the legal age for Botox—a toxin to prevent a muscle from moving for a limited time—is 18, some experts, like makeup artist Katie Moyer from Dallas, Texas, argue that starting too early isn't a good idea. —Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024

Many incoming students live on campus, will have roommates (and these roommates will likely have parents), and are of legal age. —Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 27 May 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