Obscene - Law Dictionary Search Results
lascivious
lascivious : reflecting or producing sexual desire or behavior esp. that is considered indecent or obscene [lewd and behavior]
disorderly conduct
statutes to identify various acts against the public peace. It has been held to include the use of obscene language in public, the blocking of public ways, and the making of threats. A statute must identify acts
scienter
in one's possession that is often a necessary element of an offense [the element constitutionally required for an obscenity statute "Wall Dist. v. Newport News, 323 S.E.2d 75 (1984)"] ;also : intent to engage in particular esp.
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Decency
of form in social intercourse in actions or in discourse proper formality becoming ceremony seemliness hence freedom from obscenity or indecorum modesty
Nastiness
The quality or state of being nasty extreme filthness dirtiness also indecency obscenity
Ribaldry
The talk of a ribald low vulgar language indecency obscenity lewdness now chiefly applied to indecent language but formerly as by Chaucer also to indecent acts or conduct
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