Age Of Consent Definition

noun
The age at which a person is legally considered competent to give consent, as to sexual intercourse.
American Heritage
The age at which a person may marry without parental approval.
Webster's New World
The age at which a person is considered legally competent to consent to sexual intercourse.
Webster's New World

(law) The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse.

Wiktionary
adjective
Attributive form of age of consent, noun.
The age-of-consent doctrine.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Age Of Consent

Noun

Singular:
age of consent
Plural:
ages-of-consent

Age Of Consent Sentence Examples

  • It was largely by his efforts, both in the press and in tours through the country, that the Age of Consent Act was passed in 1891.

  • Legitimacy of natural children can be established by subsequent marriage of the parents, and the age of consent is sixteen years.

  • The right of bastards to inherit the mother's property is recognized, and the age of consent has been placed at sixteen years.

  • With the serious health risk posed by such youthful promiscuity, greater protection in law is needed to uphold the age of consent.

  • A pop song akin to something like their own ' Age Of Consent ' opens the second side of songs.

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