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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
sodomy n 1: intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman [syn: sodomy, buggery, anal sex, anal intercourse] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Sodomy \Sod"om*y\, n. [From Sodom. a country mentioned in the Bible: cf. F. sodomite.] Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery. --Gen. xix. 5. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) | ||
SODOMY, crim. law. The crime against nature, committed either with man or beast. 2. It is a crime not it to be named; peccatum illud horrible, inter christianos non nominandum. 4 Bl. Com. 215; 1 East, P. C. 480, 487; Bac. Ab. h.t.; Hawk. b. 1, c. 4; 1 Hale, 669; Com. Dig. Justices, S 4; Russ. & Ry. 331. 3. This crime was punished with great severity by the civil law. Nov. 141; Nov. 77; Inst. 4, 18, 4. See 1 Russ. on Cr. 568; R. & R. C. C. 331, 412; 1 East, P. C. 437. | ||
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