Good Afternoon. On my Great Grandfather's marriage certificate it has his age as 'full age' I have no idea what this means. Does anyone know?
But just a warning - people often lied! I have a few brides and grooms who gave 'full age' but were certainly not.
As Steve stated people often lied, it was a way of fooling the church into thinking that one or both of the couple didn't need parent permission to marry, when in truth they did. When needs must.