age of consent

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The 2023 reforms to Japan's sex crime laws also expanded the definition of rape and raised the age of consent from 13 to 16.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

Norman Woods of South Dakota Family Voice Action said it doesn’t make sense to raise the age for marriage if the age of consent in South Dakota remains at 16.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

The legal age of consent in the UK is 16.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2023

Washington’s age of consent for gender-affirming surgery without approval from a parent or guardian is 18.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

By the common law, if the parties themselves were of the age of consent, there wanted no other concurrence to make the marriage valid: and this was agreeable to the canon law.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir