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Definition of Turpitude
1. Noun. A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice. "The various turpitudes of modern society"
Definition of Turpitude
1. n. Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity.
Definition of Turpitude
1. Noun. Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness. ¹
2. Noun. An act evident of such a depravity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Turpitude
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turpitude
Literary usage of Turpitude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"ment, or involving moral turpitude, or the breach of some public trust, or with
any matter in relation to his particular trade or vocation, and which, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"865 [34 : 931]. mitted such fraud, in fact, as involved moral turpitude or intentional
... or fraud in fact, involving moral turpitude or intentional wrong, ..."
3. The Law of Libel and Slander in Civil and Criminal Cases: As Administered in by Martin L. Newell (1898)
"This rule includes all felonies and such misdemeanors as involve moral turpitude
and which are indictable or otherwise punishable. As has already been said, ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"MORAL turpitude "Everything done contrary to Justice, honesty, modesty, or good
morale Is said to be done with 'turpitude.'" Thus where an attorney, ..."
5. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"Character for moral turpitude bars the doors of society against its possessor,
as completely as could a charge against one of having the most loathsome ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of New Trials in Cases Civil and Criminal by David Graham, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1855)
"Interest or turpitude of witness. aside, one of the points taken was, the rejection
of the testimony offered to impeach Wood. Upon this the court observe ..."
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