legal age

noun

: the age at which a person enters into full adult legal rights and responsibilities (as of making contracts or wills)

Examples of legal age in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Marsh Halberg, Bunney’s attorney, said Wednesday in an interview that, in general, the legal age of consent in Minnesota is 16. —Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 13 Mar. 2025

To qualify, users must be located in a legal online sports betting market and be of legal age. —Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025

Most people who smoke started as kids, studies show, even though the legal age to buy tobacco was 18 for many years and raised to 21 in 2019. —Jen Christensen, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025

The following chart lists the minimum legal ages for gambling at casinos, in bingo and lotteries, and at dog and horseracing gambling: Can't view the chart in your browser? —Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for legal age

• disengage
• interstage
• macrophage
• multistage
• alienage
• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage
• engage
• enrage
• leafage

Medical Definition

legal age

noun

le·​gal age ˈlē-gəl- 

: the age at which a person enters into full adult legal rights and responsibilities (as of making contracts or wills)

Legal Definition

legal age

noun

: an age at which a person becomes entitled under the law to engage in a particular activity or becomes responsible for particular acts

the legal age for drinking in this state

broadly : age of majority compare age of consent, emancipate