legal age
noun
: the age at which a person enters into full adult legal rights and responsibilities (as of making contracts or wills)
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Getting Adults To Stop Smoking Involves Blocking Minors’ Access To Nicotine
PMI’s U.S. affiliates, including Swedish Match North America, have a responsibility to do their part in ensuring only adults of legal age (21 and older) have access to nicotine products.
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Philip Morris International, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The pair have also engaged in a separate legal battle related to the custody of their children, half of whom have now reached legal age: Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
The ongoing legal battle has overlapped at times with a separate conflict regarding the custody of their children, half of whom have now reached legal age: Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
The legal age for drinking and smoking in Japan is 20, and Miyata is just 19.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 July 2024
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Philip Morris International, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The pair have also engaged in a separate legal battle related to the custody of their children, half of whom have now reached legal age: Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
The ongoing legal battle has overlapped at times with a separate conflict regarding the custody of their children, half of whom have now reached legal age: Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
The legal age for drinking and smoking in Japan is 20, and Miyata is just 19.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 July 2024
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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)
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