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INCEST

Legal Term: INCEST
Definition: The carnal copulation of a man and a woman related to each other in any of the degrees within which marriage is prohibited by law. Vide Marriage. It is punished by fine and imprisonment, under the laws of the respective states., Vide 1 Smith s Laws of Pennsylv. 26; Dane s Ab. Index, h. t.; Dig. 23, 2, 68; 6 Conn. R. 446; Penal Laws of China, B. 1, s. 2, 10; Sw. part 2 17, p. 103.


***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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