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assault

the use of a dangerous weapon indecent assault : intentional offensive sexual contact that does not amount to sexual intercourse or involve penetration and that is committed without consent of the victim and without the intent to commit

Sexual

Matched in: Term Sexual

Impotence

Impotence, physical inability of a man or woman to perform the act of sexual intercourse. A marriage is void if, at the time of the celebration, either of the parties to it is … 4, c. 69), s. 36. Impotence means a man's inability to achieve an erection and therefore to have sexual intercourse. Because an impotent husband cannot consummate a marriage, impotence has often been cited as a ground for annulment,

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Prostitute

Prostitute, 'prostitute' means a female who offers her body for promiscuous sexual intercourse for hire, whether in money or in kind. State of U.P. v Kaushailiya, AIR 1964 SC 416: (1964) … the repealed (English) Contagious Diseases Acts, see that title. Means a woman who offers her body to indis-criminate sexual intercourse, especially for hire, Razia v. State, AIR 1957 All 340: 1957 All LJ 347.

Illicit intercourse

Matched in: Term Illicit intercourse

Abusing children

no defence, and the Act of 1885, by raising from 13 to 16 the age at which unresisted sexual intercourse is a crime, has made a very material amendment in the law. A prosecution under s. 5 of

battery

Aggravated battery is usually classified as a felony. sex·u·al battery : intentional and offensive sexual contact and esp. sexual intercourse with a person who has not given or (as in the case of a child) is incapable of

Sexual relations

Matched in: Term Sexual relations

fornication

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

licentious

licentious : disregarding legal restraints esp. with regard to sexual relations [arrested as a prostitute for sexual intercourse] li·cen·tious·ly adv li·cen·tious·ness n

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