Harry's Summer - Age=No Cigar

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No: HPFGUIDX 74792

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doriane" <delwynmarch at y...> 
wrote:
> > "ryderrobin" wrote:
> > 
> > > At the beginning of GoF (in september/october), the twins were 
> > > almost 17. That means at the beginning of OotP, they were 
almost 
> > > 18. But not 18 yet. So 17 is legal age, since they already had 
> > > their Apparition license in august.
> > 
> > Yeah :-) ! I *knew* I must be wrong somewhere :-) I'm horribly 
bad 
> > with ages and numbers. Thanks for putting me straight.
> > 
> > Del
> 
> 
There is canon for this.  At the Wizengamot trial, Fudge explicitly 
states (forgive me, I don't have my book in front of me) that the 
legal age for performing magic is 17.

--Lana Lovegood