legal majority
When childhood ends
Legal majority is the age at which a person is legally recognized as an adult, typically eighteen in most jurisdictions.
At legal majority, individuals gain full civil rights—voting, signing contracts, marrying without parental consent.
The term distinguishes this threshold from other age-based milestones like drinking age or age of consent.
She inherited the estate upon reaching legal majority.
- adulthoodState of being grown
- eighteenNumber after seventeen
- votingFormally registering a choice
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- age of consentMinimum years for lawful agreement
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legal majorityminority
Smaller part of whole
nonage · minority status · infancy · childhood · juvenility
legal majorityminority
Smaller part of whole
wardship · guardianship · tutelage · incompetence · incapacity
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