The age of majority, also known as legal age, is the threshold of legal adulthood as recognized or declared in law. It is the moment when a person ceases...
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The age of majority in England is 18, having been reduced from 21 by the Family Law Reform Act 1969. At that age persons are considered to acquire capacity...
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marriage age is 21. The general marriage age is commonly the age of majority, though in Alabama the general marriage age is 18 while the age of majority is...
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between jurisdictions, but in the vast majority of jurisdictions, the marriage age as a right is set at the age of majority. Nevertheless, most jurisdictions...
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regarding age minimums including, but not limited to, the age of majority, age of criminal responsibility, voting age, drinking age, and driving age. Age of consent...
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Age of consent Age of majority Age of Majority (Catholic Church) Bildungsroman Coming of Age (Unitarian Universalism) Coming-of-age story Defense of infancy...
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Person (Catholic canon law) (redirect from Age of Majority (Catholic Church))
Church is 18 though, until the entry into force of the 1983 Code of Canon Law in 1983, the age of majority was 21. In simple terms, a juridic person is an...
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Minor (law) (redirect from Age of minority)
under a certain age, usually the age of majority, which demarcates an underage individual from legal adulthood. The age of majority depends upon jurisdiction...
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their voting age, but for other countries voting age ranges between 16 and 21. Voting age may therefore coincide with a country's age of majority, but in many...
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Emancipation of minors is a legal mechanism by which a minor before attaining the age of majority is freed from control by their parents or guardians,...
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with anyone else of consenting age or above – are between 14 and 18. The vast majority of countries set their ages in the range of 14 to 16; only four...
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parents to marry because they were under 20 years old, the age of majority. In 1830, the age of consent for marriage (sexual intercourse) was raised to 18...
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Adolescence (redirect from High school age)
this age are considered minors or children. A person below the age of majority may gain adult rights through legal emancipation. The legal working age in...
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Child (redirect from Value of children)
countries, the legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, in this case as a person younger than the local age of majority (there are exceptions like...
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Age of Majority Act 1971 (Malay: Akta Umur Dewasa 1971), is a Malaysian law which was enacted to amend and consolidate the laws relating to the age of...
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age distribution of people at first marriage is skewed with a longer tail towards older ages, the majority of people marry before the average age of first...
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also have different age limits for different types of alcohol drinks. The majority of countries have a minimum legal drinking age of 18. The most commonly...
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than certain ages, usually the age of majority. This article does not discuss laws that regulate electronic cigarettes. Disputed. Minimum age to purchase...
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gambling age is the minimum age at which one can legally gamble in a certain jurisdiction. In some countries, gambling is illegal regardless of age, while...
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Supermajority (redirect from Majority of the entire membership)
proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority rules in a democracy...
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18 (number) (redirect from 18 (age))
18 is the age of majority, in which a minor becomes a legal adult. It is also the voting age, marriageable age, drinking age and smoking age in most countries...
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Adult (section Social construction of adulthood)
age of majority and is therefore regarded as independent, self-sufficient, and responsible. They may also be regarded as "majors". The typical age of...
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Age of Majority (Scotland) Act 1969 (c. 39) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applicable only in Scotland. The act reduced the age of...
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The silent majority is an unspecified large group of people in a country or group who do not express their opinions publicly. The term was popularized...
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of the French Wars of Religion. Although the royal age of majority was 14, his mother, Catherine de' Medici, entrusted the reins of government to his wife...
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The tyranny of the majority (or tyranny of the masses) is an inherent weakness to majority rule in which the majority of an electorate pursues exclusively...
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people under the age of majority, or older adults. Age of candidacy Age of consent Age requirements in gymnastics Age segregation Defense of infancy Legal...
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Child pornography (redirect from Legal status of pornography depicting minors)
material that depicts persons under the designated age of majority. The precise characteristics of what constitutes child pornography varies by criminal...
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Age of candidacy is the minimum age at which a person can legally hold certain elected government offices. In many cases, it also determines the age at...
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