fornication, n. 1. Voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons. • Fornication is still a crime in some states, such as Virginia. 2. Hist. Voluntary sexual intercourse with an unmarried woman. • At common law, the status of the woman determined whether the offense was adultery or fornication — adultery was sexual intercourse between a […]
cohabitation (koh-hab-[schwa]-tay-sh[schwa]n), n. The fact or state of living together, esp. as partners in life, usu. with the suggestion of sexual relations. [Cases: Marriage 13, 22. C.J.S. Marriage §§ 10, 19–20, 24–25.] — cohabit (koh-hab-it), vb. — cohabitative (koh-hab-[schwa]-tay-tiv), adj. — cohabitant (koh-hab-[schwa]-t[schwa]nt), cohabitor (koh-hab-[schwa]-t[schwa]r), n. illicit cohabitation. 1. The offense committed by an unmarried
indecent exposure. An offensive display of one’s body in public, esp. of the genitals. — Also termed exposure of person. Cf. LEWDNESS; OBSCENITY. [Cases: Obscenity 3. C.J.S. Obscenity §§ 9–10.] “Indecent exposure of the person to public view is also a common-law misdemeanor. Blackstone did not deal with it separately. ‘The last offense which I
lascivious (l[schwa]-siv-ee-[schwa]s), adj. (Of conduct) tending to excite lust; lewd; indecent; obscene.
Archaic. Illicit cohabitation in which the parties make no attempt to hide their living arrangements. — Also termed open and notorious cohabitation. See illicit cohabitation. [Cases: Lewdness 1. C.J.S. Lewdness §§ 2–9.]
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An offensive display of one’s body in public, esp. of the genitals. — Also termed exposure of person. Cf. LEWDNESS; OBSCENITY. [Cases: Obscenity 3. C.J.S. Obscenity §§ 9–10.]
Comstock law (kom-stok). An 1873 federal statute that tightened rules against mailing “obscene, lewd, or las-civious” books or pictures, as well as “any article or thing designed for the prevention of conception or procuring of abortions.” • Because of the intolerance that led to this statute, the law gave rise to an English word roughly