18 being the age of majority is what we call a legal fiction. It's a way of not dealing with the complexities of what it means being an adult, ability to consent, maturity, and so on and just pick a somewhat arbitrary age cutoff that greatly simplifies legal matters.
And even then we ignore it sometimes, like trying a minor as an adult.
18 being the age of majority is what we call a legal fiction. It's a way of not dealing with the complexities of what it means being an adult, ability to consent, maturity, and so on and just pick a somewhat arbitrary age cutoff that greatly simplifies legal matters.
And even then we ignore it sometimes, like trying a minor as an adult.
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