Legal Term: BUGGERY

Definition: crim. law. The detestable crime of having commerce contrary to the order of nature, by mankind with mankind, or with brute beasts, or by womankind with brute beasts. 3 Inst. 58, 12 Co. 36, Danes Ab. Index, h. t., Merl. Repert. mot Bestialie. This is a highly penal offence.

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