- crime against nature
- Sodomy; sexual relations with a person of the same sex or with a beast; unnatural sexual relations between persons of the same sex. 48 Am J1st Sod § 1.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
crime against nature
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against nature — Immoral or unnatural • • • Main Entry: ↑nature * * * unnatural or immoral * * * against ˈnature idiom not natural; not moral • Murder is a crime against nature. Main entry: ↑natureidiom … Useful english dictionary
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