legal age

noun

Definition of legal age

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

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Recent Examples on the Web Green said Kelly was at the Expo in 2000, when Tracy would have been 17, the legal age of consent in Illinois. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2022 These include banning assault-style firearms such as the AR-15 style rifles used in Buffalo and Uvalde, or raising the legal age for buying them. — Alan Fram, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022 These include banning assault-style firearms such as the AR-15 style rifles used in Buffalo and Uvalde, or raising the legal age for buying them. — Alan Fram, ajc, 12 June 2022 These include banning assault-style firearms such as the AR-15 style rifles used in Buffalo and Uvalde, or raising the legal age for buying them. — Alan Fram, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2022 These include banning assault-style firearms such as the AR-15 style rifles used in Buffalo and Uvalde, or raising the legal age for buying them. — Alan Fram, Chron, 12 June 2022 And after every school shooting, federal firearm legislation, such as universal background checks or raising the legal age to buy a long-gun from 18 to 21, is proposed once again. — Eric W. Fleegler, Scientific American, 2 June 2022 Advocates had luck raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products to 21 by starting those efforts in cities and towns. — Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2022 And although gun homicides disproportionately affect people younger than 21, the law does not raise the legal age for buying semiautomatic weapons to 21, from 18. — Sheryl Gay Stolberg, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2022 See More

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legal age

noun

le·gal age | \ ˈlē-gəl-

Medical Definition of legal age

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

legal age

noun

Legal Definition of legal age

: 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