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Age of Consent
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The age at which a person may marry without parental approval. The age at which a female is legally capable of agreeing to sexual intercourse, so that a male who engages in sex with her cannot be prosecuted for Statutory Rape.

A person below the age of consent is sometimes called an infant or minor.

age of consent n. (See: legal age, majority)
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The Bill would equalise the gay and heterosexual ages of consent at 16 in England, Scotland and Wales and 17 in Northern Ireland.
MPs back move to lower gay sex age by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
The measure is certain to face strong opposition in the Lords, where peers have already thrown out two previous attempts to equalise the gay and heterosexual ages of consent.
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The association said improper relationships between pupils and teachers in schools were already regarded as a "fundamental breach of trust", regardless of ages of consent.
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