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- adjective Attributive form of
age of consent , noun.
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Examples
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As there are no allegations, from Breedlove or anyone else, that the relationship was non-consensual (ignoring the age-of-consent doctrine), nor are there any allegations that anything happened prior to Breedlove's 16th birthday, there is no reason for a grand jury to get involved.
Kroger comes through for Sam the Tram (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Why is it surprising that if the subject of having sex with 12-year-olds come up, you would have to be very very careful about your age-of-consent views, lest they be confused with the socially unacceptable view of child molesters and sexual predators?
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Limits of Caution, Judgment, and Tact as Protection 2010
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Another justification for age-of-consent laws is that the sort of adults who prey upon young children sexually are also likely to harm them in other ways, including violently -- to cover up their deeds, if for no other reason.
Jacob M. Appel: Embracing Teenage Sexuality: Let's Rethink the Age of Consent 2010
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And I have heard that there is an age-of-consent law.
Keep Sweet MICHeLe DomInGuez Greene 2010
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And I have heard that there is an age-of-consent law.
Keep Sweet MICHeLe DomInGuez Greene 2010
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On the outside, they are often too young to say "yes" to sex, if they wanted to, because of age-of-consent laws.
Philip N. Cohen: Juvenile Detention: When Young People Can't Say 'No' 2010
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Why is it surprising that if the subject of having sex with 12-year-olds come up, you would have to be very very careful about your age-of-consent views, lest they be confused with the socially unacceptable view of child molesters and sexual predators?
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Limits of Caution, Judgment, and Tact as Protection 2010
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The international conferences I attended on “child sexual exploitation”, in 2001, set the agenda to raise the age-of-consent in all states uniformly and also around the world.
The Volokh Conspiracy » I’ll say it if Justice Souter Won’t: 2009
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Now, some of those other guy-guy pics where they ARE both guys AND are both age-of-consent, they are quite hot, I have to say.
Lesbians Sleepover II Yuri & Yaoi: girls & guys play and Beth goes straight....again! Elizabeth McClung 2008
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We also have equal age-of-consent laws (set at 16), partnership laws and even legal-commitment ceremonies in some of our major cities.
United Queendom Laban 2005
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