crime of buggery

crime of buggery
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  • Buggery — The English term buggery is very close in meaning to the term sodomy, and is often used interchangeably in law and popular speech. It is also a specific criminal offence under the English common law.In lawUnder most common law legal systems, the… …   Wikipedia

  • crime — A positive or negative act in violation of penal law; an offense against the State or United States. Crime and misdemeanor , properly speaking, are synonymous terms; though in common usage crime is made to denote such offenses as are of a more… …   Black's law dictionary

  • crime — A positive or negative act in violation of penal law; an offense against the State or United States. Crime and misdemeanor , properly speaking, are synonymous terms; though in common usage crime is made to denote such offenses as are of a more… …   Black's law dictionary

  • buggery — noun a) Anal sex. Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable crime of buggery shall be liable at the discretion of the court to be kept in penal servitude for life or for any term not less than ten years. b) Any sexual act deemed against… …   Wiktionary

  • crime against nature — crime against nature: a sexual act (as of bestiality) that is regarded by the law as abnormal; also: the crime of committing such an act Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. crime against nature …   Law dictionary

  • Buggery Act 1533 — The Buggery Act of 1533 (25 Hen. VIII c. 6) was a sodomy law adopted in England in 1534 during the reign of Henry VIII, and was the first civil legislation applicable against sodomy in the country, such offences having previously been dealt with… …   Wikipedia

  • Crime against nature — This article is about types of sex act. For other meanings see Crime against nature (disambiguation). Contents 1 Current use 1.1 Louisiana …   Wikipedia

  • the nameless crime —    buggery    A common use when homosexual acts between males were illegal. The charge sheet of an accused would refer to the abominable crime of buggery . Murder and rape earned no such descriptive embellishment …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • crime against nature — a sexual act that is regarded by the law as abnormal : sodomy, buggery * * * 1. Law. sodomy. 2. any act considered to be against the laws or designs of nature or one s religious teachings. [1920 25] * * * crime against nature, Law. unnatural… …   Useful english dictionary

  • (the) unmentionable crime —    buggery or sodomy    Once one of the great taboos:     The practice of bedding the men by threes and not in pairs was supposed, optimistically, to reduce unmentionable crime. (R. Hughes, 1987, describing the treatment of convicts) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • abominable crime — a phrase used in older law reports to denote sodomy, buggery and bestiality. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …   Law dictionary

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