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Bestiality, that her husband has, since the solemnization of the marriage, been guilty of rape, sodomy or bestiality defined. [Special Marriage Act, s. 27(1A)]Bestiality, the crime of men with beasts, punishable under the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 61, by penal servitude for life, or for not less than ten years, but this minimum term is abolished, and power is given to inflict imprisonment for two years or less, by the (English) Penal Servitude Act, 1891.Sexual activity between a human and an animal; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Means the crime of engaging in sexual relations with an animal, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 49.Means the offence of buggery committed with a beast, R. v. Higson, (1984) 6 Cr App R(S) 20....
bestiality
bestiality : the crime of engaging in sexual relations with an animal see also crime against nature ...
Bestiality
The state or quality of being bestial...
Bestialize
To make bestial or like a beast to degrade to brutalize...
Bestially
In a bestial manner...
Bestials
Bestials, beasts or cattle of any sort....
crime against nature
crime against nature :a sexual act (as of bestiality) that is regarded by the law as abnormal ;also : the crime of committing such an act ...
Bestial
Belonging to a beast or to the class of beasts...
bestialise
same as bestialize...
Infamous crime
Infamous crime. Sending any letter threatening to accuse another of an 'infamous crime,' whether the receiver be innocent or not, with intent to extort money, may be punished up to penal servitude for life by s. 46 of the (English) Larceny Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96), which defines an infamous crime within the enactment as sodomy, or bestiality, or assault with intent or attempt to commit, or induce-ment to commit or permit, such crime. This section is repealed by the Larceny Act, 1916, which substantially re-enacts this section without the use of the words 'infamous crime' (s. 29).'...
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