Ch 14 Terminology Flashcards
Abortion
the act of stopping a pregnancy
Adultery
voluntary sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than that person spouse or by an unmarried person with a married person
Affinity
the relationship that one spouse has to the blood relatives of the other
Beastiality
sexual intercourse by a man or woman with an animal
Bigamy
the state of a man who has two wives or of a woman who has two husbands, living at the same time
Consanguinity
related by blood
Controlled Substance
A drug taht is inculded in any of the five schedules established by the federal controlled substances act
Copulation
Sexual Intercourse
Drugs
chemical substances that have an effect on the body or mind
Drug Trafficking
the unauthorized manufacture or distribution of any controlled substance or the possession of such a substance with the intention of manufacturing or distributing it illegally
Fornication
sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons
Impediment
disability or hindrance to the making of a contract
Incest
sexual intercourse between people who are related, by consanguinity or affinity in such a way that they cannot legally marry
Miscegenation
marriage between people of different races
Obscenity
material or conduct that shows or describes some kind of sexual activity and is designed to sexually arouse people
Ordinance
Laws created by state
Polygamy
the state of having several wives or husbands at the same time
Pornography
Material or conduct that shows or describes some kind of sexual activity and is designed to sexually arouse people
Preponderance of Evidence
evidence having the greater weight
Pro-choice
favoring legislation that allows abortion
Pro-life
favoring legislation that disallows abortion
Prurient Interest
a shameful or morbid interest in sex
Reasonable Doubt
doubt based on reason
Sodomy
oral or anal copulation that act that state statutes often describe as an “abominable and detestable crime against nature’
