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age of consent

  1. the age at which a person may marry without parental approval
  2. the age at which a person is considered legally competent to consent to sexual intercourse

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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