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- Dictionaryage of con·sent/āj əv/
noun
- 1. the age at which a person's, typically a girl's, consent to sexual intercourse is valid in law.
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The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts. Consequently, an adult who engages in sexual activity with a person younger than the age of consent is unable to legally claim that the sexual activity was consensual, and such sexual activity may be considered child sexual abuse or statutory rape. The person below the minimum age is co... Wikipedia