The age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts, and is thus the minimum age of a person with whom another person is legally permitted to engage in sexual activity
the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union
The age of consent is the age at which a person can legally agree to having a sexual relationship. He was under the age of consent. The age at which a person is legally considered competent to give consent, as to sexual intercourse. the age of consent the age when someone can legally get married or have a sexual relationship