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

The police investigation concerned events between 1997 and 2000, and reportedly related to allegations concerning a boy under the age of 16, the legal age of consent in the UK. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026

Please note that this lucrative promotion is exclusively available to new users who meet the legal age requirements and reside in a participating state. —Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

The legal age to marry would increase to 18 years old under a measure unanimously advanced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Senate. —Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice, 26 Mar. 2026

The 2023 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey found that nearly 84% of Aurora youths who attempted to buy tobacco or vape products in the city were able to do so, despite not being of legal age. —John Aguilar, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026

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