marriageable age
Legal betrothal threshold
Marriageable age is the age at which a person may legally marry, which varies by jurisdiction and often differs for males and females.
More loosely, it describes the life stage when someone is considered ready for marriage by social or family standards: She has three daughters of marriageable age.
The phrase sometimes carries old-fashioned connotations of parents seeking matches for their children.
Minimum years for lawful agreement
- age of majorityWhen one becomes adult
- legal capacityAbility to hold rights
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
- consentVoluntary agreement given
minor · adult · jurisdiction · civil code · family law · legislation · emancipation · legal status
Formal marriage agreement
- dowryMarital property transfer
- bride priceGroom's payment to in-laws
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
suitor · eligible · spinster · bachelor · debutante · quinceañera · bar mitzvah · bat mitzvah
Sexual development stage
- sexual maturityReproductive capacity attained
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- nubilityFitness for marriage
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
coming-of-age · development · maturation · readiness · ripeness · blossoming · prime · menarche
Commitment to wed or attend
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- betrothalFormal marriage agreement
- unionJoining into one
- partnershipShared business arrangement
bond · wedlock · vow · fidelity · devotion · monogamy · promise · spouse
Mature person
- adultMature person, legally responsible
- eighteenNumber after seventeen
- twenty-oneCardinal after twenty
- voting ageMinimum years for suffrage
self-sufficient · of age · matured · grown · emancipation · independence · autonomy · provider
age of consent
Minimum years for lawful agreement
- age of majorityWhen one becomes adult
- legal capacityAbility to hold rights
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
consent · minor · adult · jurisdiction · civil code · family law · legislation · emancipation · legal status · age limit
betrothal
Formal marriage agreement
- dowryMarital property transfer
- bride priceGroom's payment to in-laws
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
courtship · suitor · eligible · spinster · bachelor · debutante · quinceañera · bar mitzvah · bat mitzvah · sweet sixteen
puberty
Sexual development stage
- sexual maturityReproductive capacity attained
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- nubilityFitness for marriage
adolescence · coming-of-age · development · maturation · readiness · ripeness · blossoming · prime · menarche · physical development
engagement
Commitment to wed or attend
partnership · bond · wedlock · vow · fidelity · devotion · monogamy · promise · spouse · settling down
grown-up
Mature person
- adultMature person, legally responsible
- eighteenNumber after seventeen
- twenty-oneCardinal after twenty
voting age · self-sufficient · of age · matured · grown · emancipation · independence · autonomy · provider · breadwinner
- age limitsage limit, age requirement, age threshold, age restriction, age of majority
- marriage lawdivorce decree, divorce petition, betrothal, annulment, divorce grounds
- Islamic Marriagedowry, dower, waiting period, polygyny, guardian
marriageable agechildhood
Life's earliest phase
underage · infancy · minority · prepubescence · early childhood
marriage, ageless, ageing, marriages, matrimony, matrimonial, marriageable, premarital, postmarital