Crime Against Nature - Law Dictionary Search Results
crime against nature
Matched in: Term crime against nature
unnatural act
unnatural act : crime against nature
Unnatural offence
Unnatural offence, the infamous crime against nature, either with man or beast, punishable by the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, by penal servitude for
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Sodomy
Oral or anal copulation between human and animal; bestiality, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1396. Sodomy, the crime against nature, punishable until 1891 by a minimum term of ten years' penal servitude; prescribed by s. 61 of the
crime of violence
Matched in: Term crime of violence
bestiality
bestiality : the crime of engaging in sexual relations with an animal see also crime against nature
Pathic
A male who submits to the crime against nature a catamite
Peccata contra naturam sunt gravissima
Peccata contra naturam sunt gravissima [Lat.], crimes against nature are the most heinous. … Peccata contra naturam sunt gravissima [Lat.], crimes against nature are the most heinous.
Approver, or Prover
Approver, or Prover [fr. approver, Fr., to consent unto], an accomplice in crime who accuses others of the same offence, and is admitted as a witness as the discretion of the … his companions in guilt. He is vulgarly called 'King's evidence.' This testimony must necessarily be of an unsatisfactory nature, and the practice is for Judges to leave it to juries with the direction not to believe it
rape
of rape, most have broadened its scope esp. in terms of the sex of the persons and the nature of the acts involved. Marital status is usually irrelevant. Moreover, the crime is codified under various names, including … consent because of mental illness, mental deficiency, 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
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