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Definition of Indecent exposure

1. Noun. Vulgar and offensive nakedness in a public place.

Definition of Indecent exposure

1. Noun. (legal) The intentional exposure of the genitals, inner buttocks or female nipples in public (in lands where this is not the cultural norm). ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Indecent Exposure

Literary usage of Indecent exposure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"indecent exposure.—indecent exposure of the person to public view, if intentional, or even when due to negligence, is a public nuisance and a misdemeanor at ..."

2. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"Adultery ; fornication ; indecent exposure of the person; using obscene and ... Cr., c. I, § i; i Hawkins's PI. Cr., c. 5. § 4- indecent exposure of the ..."

3. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"... or defeat the course of public justice ; any escape or rescue i'rom lawful custody on a criminal charge ; any public and indecent exposure of the person ..."

4. A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1919)
"indecent exposure of person.—An intentional or negligent indecent exposure of the private parts of ..."

5. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"indecent exposure of the Person ; V. PLACE : Rose. Cr. 701 : Arch. Cr. 1128. Indecent Publication; V. OBSCENE: Rose. Cr. 596, 597: Arch. Cr. 1130. ..."

6. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"... —Another Victim—indecent exposure—Female Chattel—Subservience of the Churches—Divorce—Negro Wit—Honorable Testimony to the Character »f Southerners—The ..."

7. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"indecent exposure is such intentional exhibition, in a public place ... The ground upon which the offence of indecent exposure is punishable at common law ..."

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