offense against the public health, safety, comfort, and morals

A crime traditionally viewed as endangering the whole of society.

• The common-law offenses of this type were nuisance, bigamy, adultery, fornication, lewdness, illicit cohabitation, incest, miscegenation, sodomy, bestiality, buggery, abortion, and seduction.

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资深译员Calvin，毕业于亚洲一流的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各类与复杂技术交易相关的法律文件。