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carnal knowledge
Matched in: Term carnal knowledge
Carnal knowledge
Matched in: Term Carnal knowledge
Incest
Incest, carnal knowledge of persons within the Levitical degrees of kindred, at one time a capital offence (4 Bl. Com. 65);
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Rape
man with a woman, Anil Kumar Mahsi v. Union of India, (1994) 5 SCC 704. Rape, is the carnal knowledge of any woman, above the age of particular years, against her will; or of a woman child, under … that age, with or against her will' (Hale PC 628). Rape, or 'raptus' is when a man hath carnal knowledge of a woman by force and against her will (Co-Litt. 123-b). The offence of rape in its simplest
rape
intoxication, unconsciousness, or deception see also statutory rape NOTE: The common-law crime of rape involved a man having carnal knowledge of a woman not his wife through force and against her will, and required at least slight penetration
Age
cannot be rebutted, R. v. Phillips, 8 C& P 736, he cannot be convicted of an offence involving carnal knowledge, except as a principal in the second degree in a rape, or the like, where if he has
Children
and sixteen to be in brothels, or encouraging of favouring (s. 2) the seduction or prostitution, or unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under sixteen. The court can presume (s. 99) the age of a child or young
Offence of
term is 'the ravishment of a woman, without her consent, by force, fear or fraud, or as 'the carnal knowledge of a woman by force against her will. (Co. Litt 123-b)
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