Fornicate - Law Dictionary Search Results
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fornication [Late Latin fornicatio, from fornicare to have intercourse with prostitutes, from Latin fornic- fornix arch, vault, brothel] : consensual sexual intercourse between a man and esp. single woman who are not married to each other ;also : the crime of engaging in fornication compare adultery NOTE: Where still considered a crime, fornication is classified as a misdemeanor. ...
Fornicator
An unmarried person male or female who has criminal intercourse with the other sex one guilty of fornication...
Fornication
Fornication [fr. fornix, a brothel, Lat.], the inter-course of a man with a prostitute; the act of incontinency in single persons; if either party be married, it is adultery. During the Commonwealth, a second offence was made felony without benefit of clergy, Scobel, 121. After the Restoration the offence was left to be dealt with by the spiritual Court according to the rules of the canon law. Proceedings under the canon law for incontinency have fallen into desuetude, 4 Steph. Com. See PROSTITUTE.Voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 664....
adultery
adultery : voluntary sexual activity (as sexual intercourse) between a married man and someone other than his wife or between a married woman and someone other than her husband ;also : the crime of adultery compare fornication adul·ter·er [ə-dəl-tə-rər] n adul·ter·ess [-tə-rəs] n ...
Fornical
Relating to a fornix...
Fornicate
Vaulted like an oven or furnace arched...
Fornication
Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery...
Fornicatress
A woman guilty of fornication...
Putage
Prostitution or fornication on the part of a woman...
Scortatory
Pertaining to lewdness or fornication lewd...
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