Ravishment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Revishment de gard
Revishment de gard (ravishment of ward), an abolished writ which lay for a guardian, by knight's service or in socage, against a person who took from him the body of his ward, Fitz. N.B. 140; 12...
Rape
by force and against her will (Co-Litt. 123-b). The offence of rape in its simplest term is 'the ravishment of a woman, without her consent, by force, fear or fraud', or as 'the carnal knowledge of a
Offence of
Offence of, Rape in its simplest term is 'the ravishment of a woman, without her consent, by force, fear or fraud, or as 'the carnal knowledge of a
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Ejectione custodi'
minority of the heir, Reg. Brev. 162. There were two other writs not unlike this; the one termed ravishment de gard, and the other droit de gard.
H'rede rapto
H'rede rapto, a writ for the ravishment of the lord's ward, Reg. Brev. 163
Constupration
The act of ravishing violation defilement
Deflowerer
One who deflowers a ravisher
Ejecta
Ejecta, a woman ravished or deflowered, or cast forth from the virtuous.
Res gest'
with evidence, and the admissibility in evidence of words spoken-e.g., the cries of a woman who is being ravished: see Reg. v. Lillyman, (1896) 2 QB 167, and EVIDENCE.
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