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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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