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Age of majority

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000434

The legal threshold at which a person is granted the full rights and responsibilities of an adult. Upon reaching this age, individuals can enter into contracts, vote, marry without parental consent, and are held fully accountable under the law. In most countries, including the United States, the age of majority is 18 years.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000434
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000434",
  "term": "Age of majority",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The legal threshold at which a person is granted the full rights and responsibilities of an adult. Upon reaching this age, individuals can enter into contracts, vote, marry without parental consent, and are held fully accountable under the law. In most countries, including the United States, the age of majority is 18 years.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/age-of-majority/"
}

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