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Coshering
feudal custom, whereby the lords may lie and feast themselves and their followers at their tenants' houses, etc., forbidden by many Acts of the Irish Parliament. Compare SORNER.
VerbarMamzer
A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law a bastard
fault
fault [Anglo-French faute lack, failing, ultimately from Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint] 1 : a usually intentional act forbidden by law ;also : a usually intentional omission to do something (as to exercise due care) required by
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incest
impure, from in- not + castus pure] : sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry ;also : the crime of engaging in such sexual intercourse
licit
licit : conforming to the requirements of the law : not forbidden by law lic·it·ly adv
states' rights
states' rights 1 : rights and powers not forbidden to the states nor vested in the federal government by the U.S. Constitution 2 sing in constr :
trespass
wrongfully on another's land) causing it is ended or removed criminal trespass : trespass to property that is forbidden by statute and punishable as a crime as distinguished from trespass that creates a cause of action for
vague
intelligence would have to guess if particular conduct is being proscribed : characterized by a failure to describe forbidden conduct in terms sufficient to provide fair warning [an unconstitutionally law] see also void-for-vagueness doctrine compare overbroad vague·ly
Bluebeard
and found the murdered bodies of his former wives Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate
Crime
of law either divine or human an omission of a duty commanded or the commission of an act forbidden by law
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