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age of consent (the age at which one is legally competent to give consent; specif that at which a person may consent to sexual intercourse. The Penguin English Dictionary 3rd, 2007. The age at which a person can enter into a legally binding contract It is set at 18 years by the Family Law Reform Act (1969). A contract entered into by someone below this age is not always capable of being enforced. OB&M Alexander Demidov); electoral age (в конституционном праве возраст, по достижении которого можно участвовать в выборах, референдуме или занимать определенную должность. В настоящее время В.ц. для осуществления активного избирательного права в большинстве стран мира (в т.ч. в РФ) составляет 18 лет. БЮС. A voting age is a minimum age established by law that a person must attain before they become eligible to vote in a public election. Today, the most common voting age is 18 years; however, voting ages as low as 16 and as high as 25 currently exist (see list below). Most countries have set a minimum voting age, often set in their constitution. In a number of countries voting is compulsory for those eligible to vote, while in most it is optional.: It must be noted that in some European countries a lowering of the electoral age from 18 to 16 is being discussed. In most of the Council of Europe member ...
And although supporters for lowering the electoral age say you can get married, join the Army and work full-time at 16 – that's not entirely true. BBC  wikipedia.org Alexander Demidov) |
