legal maturity
Example Sentences
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The law arbitrarily fixes the age of twenty-one as the age of legal maturity.
From In His Image by William Jennings Bryan
How many a man might have been a truer husband, a better father, firmer friend, more valuable citizen, had he, when arrived at legal maturity, cut off, say—an inch of his nose.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
But when the child reaches legal maturity, the coercive authority of the parent ceases.
From The Christian Home by Samuel Philips
