Sexual Relations

Sexual relations, means physical sexual activity that does not necessarily culminate in intercourse, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1379....

incest [Latin incestus sexual impurity, from incestus impure, from in- not + castus pure] : sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry ;also : the crime of engaging in such sexual intercourse ...

Lecher

A man given to lewdness one addicted in an excessive degree to the indulgence of sexual desire or to illicit sexual relations with women also called letch and lech...

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 ...

Bestiality

Bestiality, that her husband has, since the solemnization of the marriage, been guilty of rape, sodomy or bestiality defined. [Special Marriage Act, s. 27(1A)]Bestiality, the crime of men with beasts, punishable under the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 61, by penal servitude for life, or for not less than ten years, but this minimum term is abolished, and power is given to inflict imprisonment for two years or less, by the (English) Penal Servitude Act, 1891.Sexual activity between a human and an animal; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Means the crime of engaging in sexual relations with an animal, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 49.Means the offence of buggery committed with a beast, R. v. Higson, (1984) 6 Cr App R(S) 20....

Incest

Incest, carnal knowledge of persons within the Levitical degrees of kindred, at one time a capital offence (4 Bl. Com. 65); but subsequently left to the action of the spiritual courts, 4 Steph. Com. It is now within certain relationships, whether legitimate or illegitimate, including a half-brother and half-sister, a misdemeanor, punishable by seven years' penal servitude by virtue of the Punishment of Incest Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 45). See R. v. Ball, 1911 AC 47. Sect. 5 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1922, repeals the provision in the Act of 1908 which necessitated the trial of all proceedings under that Act being held in camera (q.v.).Means sexual relations between family members or close relatives, including children related by adoption. Incest was not a crime under English common law but was punished as an ecclesiastical offense. Modern statutes make it a felony, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 764....

bestiality

bestiality : the crime of engaging in sexual relations with an animal see also crime against nature ...

conjugal rights

conjugal rights : the rights and privileges (as to love, affection, sexual relations, companionship, comfort, and services) implied by and involved in the marriage relationship ...

consortium

consortium pl: -sor·tia [-shə, -shē-ə] also: -sortiums [Latin, sharing, partnership, from consort- consors sharer, partner] 1 : an agreement, combination, or group (as of companies) formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one member 2 Medieval Latin, marital partnership, from Latin : the right of one spouse to the company, affection, and assistance of and to sexual relations with the other ;also : the right of a parent or child to the company, affection, and assistance of the other [suing for loss of ] compare society ...

separation

separation 1 : cessation of cohabitation between a married couple by mutual agreement with intent that it be permanent ;also : legal separation compare divorce NOTE: In some cases in which the estrangement is extreme, a separation is considered to have occurred even when the couple retain the same residence if they have stopped communicating and engaging in sexual relations and intend to be separated. 2 : termination of a contractual relationship (as employment or military service) ...

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