Sexual - Law Dictionary Search Results
Modesty
Modesty, as 'womanly propriety of behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and conduct; reserve or sense of shame proceeding from instinctive aversion to impure or coarse suggestions, Oxford English Dictionary (1993 Edn.); Raju Pandurang Mahale v....
Indecent exhibition
for sale something (such as a photograph or book) that is outrageously offensive, esp. in a vulgar or sexual way, Black's Law Dic-tionary, 7th Edn., p. 772.
Indecent advertisement
Indecent Advertisement Act, 1889, means any advertisement relating to any complaint or debility relating to or arising from sexual inter-course. The Act is directed against the public ex-hibition of such advertisements, and prohibits, inter alia, their display
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Incest
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
Impotency
impossibility. Impotency may arise on account of physical defect or mental condition such as total repugnance to the sexual act, Digvijoy v. Pratap Kumari, AIR 1970 SC 87.
Illicit intercourse
Illicit intercourse, 'illicit intercourse' means sexual intercourse between persons not united by marriage, or by any union or tie which, though not amounting to
Fornication
law. Proceedings under the canon law for incontinency have fallen into desuetude, 4 Steph. Com. See PROSTITUTE. Voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 664.
Desertion
desertion has to be considered by taking into consideration the concept of marriage which in law legalises the sexual relationship between man and woman in the society for the perpetuation of race, permitting lawful indulgence in passion
Priapism
More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis with or without sexual desire
Deprave and corrupt
a porno-graphic publication on the mind, including the emotions, it is not necessary that any physical (or 'overt') sexual activity should result, DPP v. Whyte, (1992) AC 849.
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