Voluntary sexual intercourse with a person who is under the age of consent.
A criminal charge against someone for having sexual intercourse with a person under the age of consent, regardless of whether the parties knew each other’s ages or who initiated the contact. Statutory rape is so called because it stems from statutes, or laws, and has nothing to do with force or threat of violence, as in other forms of rape.
Sexual intercourse with an individual younger than the legal age of consent.