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Definition of Come of age
1. Verb. Reach a certain age that marks a transition to maturity. "Sam and Sue come of age"
Definition of Come of age
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To mature, or become fully developed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Of Age
Literary usage of Come of age
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Baron and Femme: Of Parent and Child, Guardian and Ward, Master by Tapping Reeve, Amasa Junius Parker, Charles E. Baldwin (1882)
"... after he has come of age; setting aside his gifts to his guardian, as a reward
for his services, and annulling a release given by the ward to the ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1826)
"can be made against them (K), without giving them a day to shew cause against it
when they come of age. Thus, upon a bill brought to oblige an infant to ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"K. 257, where testator bequeathed to hie six grandchildren the sum of £50 each "when
the youngest child shall come of age, and the said grandchildren ... to ..."
4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1901)
"... the children till they come of age when each of ym are to be possessed of
their rights As they come of age Successively. Item I appoint & ordain my wife ..."
5. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records by Charles William Manwaring (1906)
"given to Joseph Spencer and to Elizabeth Spencer, now come of age to inherit .
This Court appoint Capt. Daniel Brainard and Capt. Samuel Olmsted to assist ..."
6. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by Massachusetts County Court (Essex County), George Francis Dow (1921)
"... and Abraham Patch, sons of Abraham, son of said Edmond Patch, the said
grandchildren were to have the estate divided between them when they come of age. ..."
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