age of majority

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted or recognized; i.e.; the age where a person ceases to be a minor legally and becomes a legal adult.

Equivalents

Españolmayoría de edad

Françaismajorité civile majorité légale

DeutschVolljährigkeit Volljährigkeitsalter

17 more languages

العربيةسن الرشد

Azərbaycan dilihəddi-büluğ

Bosanskipunoljetstvo пунољетство

Catalàmajoria d'edat

Češtinaplnoletost zletilost

Esperantoplenaĝo

Hrvatskipunoljetstvo пунољетство

Italianomaggiore età

日本語法定年齢

한국어법정 연령

Македонскиполнолетство

Polskipełnoletniość pełnoletność

Portuguêsmaioridade

Românămajorat

Русскийсовершеннолетие

Српскиpunoljetstvo пунољетство

ไทยนิติภาวะ

Examples

“In Indiana the age of majority is 18 years.”

CEFR level

C1

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See also

Age of Mammals Age of Man Age of Reason Age of Reptiles Age of Sail age play

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