Tag: Sexual Behaviour
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Fornication
Criminal Law: Crimes Against Sexual Morality: FornicationIntroduction to FornicationUnmarried people who have sexual intercourse or who cohabitate (live together as sexual partners) commit fornication. In the few jurisdictions that retain this as a crime, it is generally unenforced…
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Statutory Rape
Rape Types of Rape Statutory RapeIntroduction to Statutory RapeSexual intercourse with a person who has not reached the age of consent is known as statutory rape. The age of consent for sexual intercourse varies depending on state law, but is no higher than 18 in any state. Under …
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Separation
Introduction to SeparationSeparation, in the law of domestic relations, either a separation agreement, that is, a contract entered into between husband and wife by which they agree to live apart; or a judicial separation, a court decree that separates the parties to the marriage and provide…
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Incest
Criminal Law: Crimes Against Sexual Morality: IncestIntroduction to IncestThe statutory crime of incest consists of either cohabitation or sexual intercourse between closely related persons, such as between parent and child or between siblings. Jurisdictions vary in their definitio…
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Sodomy
Criminal Law: Crimes Against Sexual Morality: SodomyIntroduction to SodomyThe crime of sodomy encompasses a variety of sexual acts. Sodomy may be committed by human partners of either the same or opposite sex, or between a human and an animal (bestiality). It may be done either by …