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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fornication n. 私通 指无婚姻关系的男女自愿的性行为。若一方已婚而另一方未婚，则前者为通奸〔adultery〕，后者为私通。但美国有些州的制定法规定，只要女方已婚则双方均构成通奸，而不问男方婚否。各州立法对私通有不同的界定，但实际上极少有对之作出处罚的。 (→adultery; illicit cohabitation)
consortium vitae (k[schwa]n-sor-shee-[schwa]m vI-tee). [Law Latin] Hist. Cohabitation; the agreement between two parties to live together.
incest, n. 1. 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. “Although incest under both English and American law is a distinct crime, its commission may involve
concubine (kong-ky[schwa]-bIn). 1. Archaic. A woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not married. • A concubine is often considered a wife without title. A concubine’s status arises from the permanent cohabitation of a man and a woman as husband and wife although without the benefit of marriage. Cf. common-law wife under
notorious a. (1)众所周知的；声名狼籍的；臭名昭着的 指为社会公众共同所知、所承认或被广泛谈论、毋需提供证据来证实的情况。该词经常被用作贬义，尤其是在描述犯罪行为时，例如公开同居〔notorious cohabitation〕。 (2)公开占有财产的 财产的实际所有者应对此占有负有注意义务。 (=open and notorious)
dwelling house. 1. The house or other structure in which a person lives; a residence or abode. 2. Real estate. The house and all buildings attached to or connected with the house. 3. Criminal law. A building, a part of a building, a tent, a mobile home, or another enclosed space that is used or
desertion, n. The willful and unjustified abandonment of a person’s duties or obligations, esp. to military service or to a spouse or family. • In family law, the five elements of spousal desertion are (1) a cessation of cohabitation, (2) the lapse of a statutory period, (3) an intention to abandon, (4) a lack of
adultery n. 通奸 在普通法中，已婚或未婚男子同不是自己配偶的已婚女子性交，谓之通奸。通奸和私奸〔fornication〕的区别在于非法性交中女子的婚姻状况，双方均未结婚的男女发生性交的，构成私奸罪。直到18世纪通奸仍由宗教法庭按教规处理。在现代制定法中，通奸和私奸的共同点是非法性交，即同非配偶性交,区别主要在于行为人是否已婚,只要有一方已婚就构成通奸罪。通奸和私奸一般是轻罪或微罪，但在美国有些州，情节恶劣的通奸仍可按重罪处罚。 (→illicit cohabitation; infidelity; criminal conversation)
prenuptial agreement. An agreement made before marriage usu. to resolve issues of support and property division if the marriage ends in divorce or by the death of a spouse. — Also termed antenuptial agreement; antenuptial contract; premarital agreement; premarital contract; marriage settlement. — Sometimes shortened to prenup. Cf. POSTNUPTIAL AGREEMENT ; COHABITATION AGREEMENT . [Cases:
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