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Obscenity

Obscenity, is not deemed to be protected by the First Amendment,

obscene [Middle French, from Latin obscenus obscaenus indecent, lewd] : extremely

impure lanquage or acts moral impurity lewdness obsceneness as the obscenity of a speech or a picture

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obscenity pl: -ties 1 : the quality or state of being

Obscene Publication Act, 1857 (English), (20 & 21 Vict. c. 83).

word from the English Statute. The Common law offence of obscenity was established in England three hundred years ago when Sir

UK the word 'indecent' is used in the sense of obscenity in statutes, relating to obscenity, conveys the Idea of offending

to re-commitment on failure to prosecute, appeal, and exhibition of obscene prints; by the (English) Vagrant Act Amendment Act, 1873, as

prints, with intent to sell, is a misdemeanor. The (English) Obscene Publications Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 83) ('Lord

49; also (3) 20 & 21 Vict. c. 83 (the Obscene Publications Act, 1857), for preventing the sale of obscene books,

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