marriage age
Legal wedding minimum
Marriage age is the minimum age at which a person can legally marry.
This varies by jurisdiction—some places require 18, others allow marriage younger with parental or judicial consent.
The phrase also refers more broadly to the age when marriage becomes socially expected or common: In her grandmother's day, marriage age was much younger.
- voting ageMinimum years for suffrage
- legal ageStatutory adulthood threshold
- age of consentMinimum years for lawful agreement
- personal agencyPower to act independently
- minimum ageYoungest permitted threshold
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- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- age-related termsretirement age, driving age, drinking age, voting age, legal age
- life stagesbaby, teenager, adult, childhood, adolescence
- family lawchild custody, child support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions
- age limitsage limit, age requirement, age threshold, age restriction, age of majority
marriage agechildhood
Life's earliest phase
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