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carnal knowledge
carnal knowledge : an act of esp. illegal sexual intercourse [whoever has … : an act of esp. illegal sexual intercourse [whoever has carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will "District of
Carnal knowledge
Carnal knowledge. As to meaning, see (English) Offences against the Person Act,
Rape
Union of India, (1994) 5 SCC 704. Rape, is the carnal knowledge of any woman, above the age of particular years, against … PC 628). Rape, or 'raptus' is when a man hath carnal knowledge of a woman by force and against her will (Co-Litt.
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rape
NOTE: The common-law crime of rape involved a man having carnal knowledge of a woman not his wife through force and against
Age
P 736, he cannot be convicted of an offence involving carnal knowledge, except as a principal in the second degree in a
Children
of favouring (s. 2) the seduction or prostitution, or unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under sixteen. The court can presume (s.
Incest
Incest, carnal knowledge of persons within the Levitical degrees of kindred, at one
Offence of
her consent, by force, fear or fraud, or as 'the carnal knowledge of a woman by force against her will. (Co. Litt
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