Fornication
(n) Fornication is the act of involving in sexual relation ship between a man and a women without having a marriage relationship among them, by mutual consent or desire without external compulsions.
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Fornication: Sexual relations between unmarried persons or between persons who are not married to each other.
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fornication
n. sexual intercourse between a man and woman who are not married to each other.
FORNICATION, crim. law. The unlawful carnal knowledge of an unmarried person with another, whether the latter be married or unmarried. When the party is married, the offence, as to him or her, is known by the name of adultery.
"Fornication and adultery.... any man and woman, not being married to each other, ... lewdly and lasciviously associate, bed and cohabit together...."
Canadian Courts have not been without their own epiphanies on the topic: ...
Supreme Court held that illicit fornication, whether or not for the commercial purpose of prostitution, was an "immoral purpose" under the Mann Act.
The name of a fine imposed upon those who committed adultery or fornication. Tech. Dict. h. t. ... more
LAITY.
Those persons who do not make a part of the clergy. In the United States the division of the people into clergy and laity... more ...
- 7. Chastity: 1. Sodomy. 2. Adultery. 3. Incest. 4. Bigamy. 5. Fornication.
- 8. Decency And Morality: 1. Public indecency. 2. Drunkenness. 3. Violatiug the grave.
Where, however, a woman occupies a house or room which is frequented by men for the purpose of committing fornication with her, she cannot be convicted of keeping a disorderly house. See also Prostitution.
 See also: Person, Term, Law, Adult, State
  
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