age of majority

English

Noun

age of majority (plural ages of majority)

1. (law) 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.

   In Indiana the age of majority is 18 years.

Synonyms

• legal age

Translations

age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted

• Arabic: سِنّ الرُّشْد‎ f (sinn ar-rušd)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法定年齡, 法定年龄 (fǎdìng niánlíng)

• Danish: myndighedsalder (da) c
• Esperanto: plenaĝo
• Finnish: täysi-ikäisyyden ikäraja
• French: majorité civile f, majorité légale f
• German: Volljährigkeit (de) f, Volljährigkeitsalter n
• Icelandic: sjálfræðisaldur m, (sometimes used with definite; sjálfræðisaldurinn m)
• Japanese: 法定年齢 (ほうていねんれい, hōteinenrei)
• Kalmyk: нас күцлһн (nas kütslhn)

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: myndighetsalder (no) m

  Nynorsk: myndig alder m, myndigalder m

• Portuguese: maioridade (pt) f
• Russian: совершенноле́тие (ru) n (soveršennolétije)
• Spanish: mayoría de edad f
• Swedish: myndighetsålder c
• Thai: นิติภาวะ (th) (ní-dtì-paa-wá)

See also

• adulthood
• age of consent
• major
• maturity
• minor