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sod·omy /'sä-də-mē/ n [Anglo-French sodomie sexual intercourse between men, from Old French, from Late Latin Sodoma Sodom, from the supposed homosexual practices of the men of the city in Genesis 19:1-11]: the crime of oral or anal sexual contact or penetration between persons or of sexual intercourse between a person and an animal; esp: the crime of forcing another person to perform oral or anal sexsod·om·ize /'sä-də-ˌmīz/ vt
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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buggery, degeneration, depravity, deviation, indecency, pederasty, perversion, sexual deviation, unlawful sexual intercourse, unnatural carnal intercourse, unnatural sexual intercourse, vice
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.Oral or anal sexual intercourse, or sexual intercourse with an animal; definition varies by state.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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the crime of having sex by insertion of the male member into the rectum of another person. It is a crime if committed by two men unless they are over 18 and acting in private. The 'private' requirement is being reviewed so as to protect a human right to indulge in homosexual group sex. See buggery.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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Anal copulation by a man inserting his penis in the anus either of another man or a woman. If accomplished by force, without consent, or with someone incapable of consent, sodomy is a felony in all states in the same way that rape is. Homosexual (male to male) consensual sodomy between consenting adults has traditionally been a felony, but increasingly is either decriminalized or seldom prosecuted. Sodomy with a consenting adult female is virtually never prosecuted even in those states in which it remains on the books as a criminal offense.Category: Criminal LawCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. Anal or oral copulation between two persons, especially when they are of the same sex; oral or anal copulation between a human and a non-human.See also buggery, bestiality, crime.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Anal or oral intercourse between human beings, or any sexual relations between a human being and an animal, the act of which may be punishable as a criminal offense.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Anal or oral intercourse between human beings, or any sexual relations between a human being and an animal, the act of which may be punishable as a criminal offense.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.anal copulation by a man inserting his penis in the anus either of another man or a woman. If accomplished by force, without consent or with someone incapable of consent, sodomy is a felony in all states in the same way that rape is. Homosexual (male to male) sodomy between consenting adults has also been found a felony but increasingly is either decriminalized or seldom prosecuted. Sodomy with a consenting adult female is virtually never prosecuted even in those states in which it remains on the books as a criminal offense. However, there have been a few cases, including one in Indiana, in which a now-estranged wife insisted that a husband be charged with sodomy for sexual acts while they were living together. Traditionally sodomy was called "a crime against nature." Sodomy does not include oral copulation or sexual acts with animals (bestiality).
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
