Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
lewd and lascivious — Conduct that is sexual in nature and deemed by judges to be criminal. Examples include indecent exposure, prostitution, and indecent acts. Category: Criminal Law Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald… … Law dictionary
lewd and lascivious association — An offense dependent upon repetition of the acts proscribed, single or occasional acts of sexual intercourse unaccompanied by any pretense of living together being insufficient to constitute the offense. Boswell v State, 48 Tex Crim 47, 85 SW… … Ballentine's law dictionary
lewd and lascivious behaviour — See lewd and lascivious conduct … Ballentine's law dictionary
lascivious — Loose; wanton; lewd; lustful; tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions. United States v Britton (Comrs Ct Ohio) 17 F 731; United States v Bebout (DC Ohio) 28 F 522, 524. As used in the laws relating to the use of the mails, immorality in… … Ballentine's law dictionary
lewd — / lüd/ adj: involving or being sexual conduct that is considered indecent or offensive: licentious convicted of lewd and lascivious assault upon a child National Law Journal lewd·ly adv lewd·ness n … Law dictionary
lascivious — /laesiviyas/ Tending to excite lust; lewd; indecent; obscene; sexual impurity; tending to deprave the morals in respect to sexual relations; licentious. See Swearingen v. U. S., 161 U.S. 446, 16 S.Ct. 562, 40 L.Ed. 765; People on Complaint of… … Black's law dictionary
lascivious — /laesiviyas/ Tending to excite lust; lewd; indecent; obscene; sexual impurity; tending to deprave the morals in respect to sexual relations; licentious. See Swearingen v. U. S., 161 U.S. 446, 16 S.Ct. 562, 40 L.Ed. 765; People on Complaint of… … Black's law dictionary
Lewd — (l[=u]d), a. [Compar. {Lewder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Lewdest}.] [{OE}. lewed, lewd, lay, ignorant, vile, AS. l[=ae]wed laical, belonging to the laity.] 1. Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] For if a priest be … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
State and Local Affairs — ▪ 1997 Introduction States continued to be at the centre of national debates on public policy during 1996. The U.S. Congress, reacting in part to successful experimentation by a number of states, enacted a historic welfare reform measure… … Universalium
Lascivious — In general use, lascivious is synonymous with lustful or lewd.Legal usageIn American legal jargon, lascivious is a semi technical term indicating immoral sexual thoughts or actions. It is often used in the legal description of criminal acts in… … Wikipedia
