of a certain age

  • 111Age grade — In sociology and anthropology, an age grade or age class is a social category based on age, within a series of such categories, through which individuals pass over the course of their lives. This is in contrast to an age set, to which individuals …

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  • 112Âge d'or des jeux d'arcade — L âge d or des jeux d arcade[1] est une ère pendant laquelle la popularité et les innovations des jeux d arcade furent à leur apogée. Certains placent le début de cette période vers la fin de 1979 ou 1980 alors que les premiers jeux d arcade en… …

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  • 113age heaping — (AYJ hee.ping) pp. In a survey result, the clumping of respondents ages on certain values, particularly those ending in 0 and 5. Example Citation: According to 2000 census information, there are more than 51,000 Americans who, like Magner, are… …

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  • 114age of consent —    The age of consent has been discussed from Plato, through Locke and into contemporary public policy. It covers a variety of different situations, from smoking, taking alcohol and watching X rated movies to legal permission to engage in various …

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  • 115age-grade — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a group of persons of the same sex and approximately the same age having certain definite duties and privileges in common and constituting a division of a tribe or society 2. : a stage (as boyhood, adolescence, or manhood) …

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  • 116Age Crisis — The Age Crisis is a former problem in physics which incorrectly posited that certain stars must actually be older than the universe itself. [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/astronomy/bigbang.html#oldstars Evidence for the Big Bang] by Björn… …

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  • 117age of discretion — Law. the age at which a person becomes legally responsible for certain acts and competent to exercise certain powers. * * * …

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  • 118age of discretion — noun the age at which a person becomes legally responsible for certain acts and competent to exercise certain powers …

  • 119age of discretion — the age at which the law imputes to a person the possession of sufficient knowledge for him to become responsible for certain acts or competent to exercise certain powers …

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  • 120Age of Fishes — Fish Fish, n.; pl. {Fishes} (f[i^]sh [e^]z), or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases,… …

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