age of consent

English

Noun

age of consent (plural ages of consent)

1. (law) The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse.

Usage notes

The term is used to indicate the age at which it is no longer a crime for someone else to engage in consensual sexual intercourse with the person who is still younger than the age of consent, as they are considered statutorily a victim of a crime, because by law they are considered incapable of giving permission to someone else to engage in sexual intercourse with them.

Translations

an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同意年齡 (cmn), 同意年龄 (cmn) (tóngyì niánlíng)

• Danish: den seksuelle lavalder (da)

• Finnish: suojaikäraja (fi)
• Icelandic: samræðisaldur (is) m, lögriðilsaldur (is) m (used colloquially and jokingly)
• Norwegian: seksuell lavalder (no) m

See also

• age of majority
• have sex
• statutory rape
• jailbait

External links

• Age of consent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• A map of ages of consent of various countries.