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Definition of Age of consent
1. Noun. The minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union.
Definition of Age of consent
1. Noun. (legal) The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Age Of Consent
Literary usage of Age of consent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Marriage ®=54—Between person« under age of consent voidable, and void only from
time so declared by decree. Section 1 of chapter 64 of the Code renders ..."
2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, William Hardcastle Browne (1894)
"No persons can bind themselves in marriage, until they arrive at the age of
consent; which by the common law of the land is fixed at fourteen in males, ..."
3. Problems of Child Welfare by George Benjamin Mangold (1914)
"Age of Consent Laws. By the age of consent is meant that age at which a girl ...
Formerly the age of consent was ridiculously low, the laws of some states ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1899)
"[If the indictment alleges that the rape was committed by force, proof that the
prosecutrix consented to the intercourse, though under the age of consent, ..."
5. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"A PHYSICIAN'S STANDPOINT, BY RB LEACH, MD FROM the physician's standpoint "the
age of consent" is a misnomer — a paradox and a proscription on nature ..."
6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1912)
"And so it seems clear that the statutes governing this case contemplate the
military, not the civil, age of consent to obligatory engagements. ..."
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