Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
Obscene Publications Act 1857 — Parliament of the United Kingdom Statute book chapter 20 21 Vict. c.83 Territorial extent England and Wales, Ireland … Wikipedia
Obscene Publications Act 1959 — United Kingdom Parliament … Wikipedia
Obscene Publications Acts — Since 1857, a series of obscenity laws known as the Obscene Publications Acts have governed what can be published in England and Wales. The classic definition of criminal obscenity is if it tends to deprave and corrupt, stated in 1868 by John… … Wikipedia
obscene — ob·scene /äb sēn/ adj [Middle French, from Latin obscenus obscaenus indecent, lewd]: extremely or deeply offensive according to contemporary community standards of morality or decency see also roth v. united states in the important cases section… … Law dictionary
obscene — (adj.) 1590s, offensive to the senses, or to taste and refinement, from M.Fr. obscene, from L. obscenus offensive, especially to modesty, originally boding ill, inauspicious, of unknown origin; perhaps from ob onto (see OB (Cf. ob )) + caenum… … Etymology dictionary
obscene — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ consider sth, deem sth ▪ The book was declared obscene. ADVERB ▪ really … Collocations dictionary
material — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 cloth ADJECTIVE ▪ coarse, rough, thick ▪ fine, silky, soft, thin ▪ woven … Collocations dictionary
The Obscene Bird of Night — ( El obsceno pájaro de la noche , 1970) is the most acclaimed novel by the Chilean writer José Donoso (1924 1996). [Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003. Contemporary Authors PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000026298] Donoso was a member of the … Wikipedia
pornographic material — visual or written material that is intended to sexually arouse and excite lust, material that is considered obscene … English contemporary dictionary
Obscenity — Part of a series on Censorship By media … Wikipedia
