legal maturity

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The law arbitrarily fixes the age of twenty-one as the age of legal maturity.

From In His Image by Bryan, William Jennings

But when the child reaches legal maturity, the coercive authority of the parent ceases.

From The Christian Home by Philips, Samuel

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 L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan