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Definition of Statutory rape
1. Noun. Sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly).
Definition of Statutory rape
1. Noun. (context: legal) An act of sexual intercourse by an adult with a minor who is below the age of consent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Statutory Rape
Literary usage of Statutory rape
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"Incest distinguished The distinctive feature of the crime of incest Is the
relationship of the parties, while in "statutory rape" the youthfulness of the ..."
2. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"In a prosecution for statutory rape, testimony of defendant's adoptive parents as to
... Louis Tetrault convicted of statutory rape and alleges exceptions. ..."
3. The Montana Digest: A Brief Digest of All the Decisions of the Supreme Court ...by Thomas A. Mapes, Montana Supreme Court by Thomas A. Mapes, Montana Supreme Court (1907)
"11 In a prosecution for statutory rape it appeared that the offense was committed
on , Friday : that prosecutrix made no disclosure thereof until the next ..."
4. The Michigan Digest Annotated: Embodying All Reported Decisions from the by Albert Poole Jacobs, Henry Allen Chaney, George Foster Longsdorf, Callaghan and Company (1921)
"statutory rape or carnal knowledge of girl below age. ... Consent Is immaterial
in the crime of statutory rape on a girl below the age of consent.—People v. ..."
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