Legal age
Legal age or codified age refers to age at which a person may legally engage in a certain activity. Most frequently, this is the age of majority, the threshold of adulthood as recognized in law.
Other ages of legal significance include:
- Age of criminal responsibility
- Age of maturity
- Age of candidacy, the age at which a person can legally qualify to hold certain elected government offices
- Age of consent, the legal age for sexual activities, the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts
- Legal drinking age, the age at which a person is permitted by law to consume alcoholic beverages
- Legal working age, the age at which a person is allowed to work
- Marriageable age, the age at which a person is allowed to marry
- Retirement age
- School leaving age
- Smoking age, the minimum legal age to purchase cigarettes
- Voting age, the minimum legal age to be eligible to vote in a public election
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