ADULT AGE
\ˈadʌlt ˈe͡ɪd͡ʒ], \ˈadʌlt ˈeɪdʒ], \ˈa_d_ʌ_l_t ˈeɪ_dʒ]\
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The age succeeding adolescence, and preceding old age. In the civil law, an adult is one, who, if a boy, has attained the age of fourteen years; and, if a girl, of twelve. In the common law, one of full age. Adult, Adul'tus, is also used for one in the adult age.
By Robley Dunglison
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