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Ch 14 Terminology Flashcards

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Abortion

A

the act of stopping a pregnancy

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Adultery

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voluntary sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than that person spouse or by an unmarried person with a married person

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Affinity

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the relationship that one spouse has to the blood relatives of the other

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Beastiality

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sexual intercourse by a man or woman with an animal

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Bigamy

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the state of a man who has two wives or of a woman who has two husbands, living at the same time

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Consanguinity

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related by blood

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Controlled Substance

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A drug taht is inculded in any of the five schedules established by the federal controlled substances act

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Copulation

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Sexual Intercourse

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Drugs

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chemical substances that have an effect on the body or mind

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Drug Trafficking

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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

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Fornication

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sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons

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Impediment

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disability or hindrance to the making of a contract

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Incest

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sexual intercourse between people who are related, by consanguinity or affinity in such a way that they cannot legally marry

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14
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Miscegenation

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marriage between people of different races

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Obscenity

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material or conduct that shows or describes some kind of sexual activity and is designed to sexually arouse people

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Ordinance

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Laws created by state

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Polygamy

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the state of having several wives or husbands at the same time

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Pornography

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Material or conduct that shows or describes some kind of sexual activity and is designed to sexually arouse people

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Preponderance of Evidence

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evidence having the greater weight

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Pro-choice

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favoring legislation that allows abortion

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Pro-life

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favoring legislation that disallows abortion

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Prurient Interest

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a shameful or morbid interest in sex

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Reasonable Doubt

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doubt based on reason

24
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Sodomy

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oral or anal copulation that act that state statutes often describe as an “abominable and detestable crime against nature’

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