Legal Term Chapter 14 - Crimes Against Morality and Drug Abuse

Question 1

Adultery

Answer 1

Consensual sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than his or her spouse or by an unmarried person with a married person.

Question 2

Fornication

Answer 2

Sexual intercourse between two unmarried people.

Question 3

Bigamy

Answer 3

The state of a man who has two wives, or a woman who has two husbands.

Question 4

Polygamy

Answer 4

The state of having several wives or husbands.

Question 5

Impediment

Answer 5

Disability or hindrance to making a contract.

Question 6

Incest

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Consanguinity

Answer 7

Related by blood.

Question 8

Affinity

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Sodomy

Answer 9

Abominable and detestable crime against nature (nondescript); interpreted as oral intercourse, anal penetration and bestiality.

Question 10

Bestiality

Answer 10

Sexual intercourse of a man or woman with an animal.

Question 11

Due process clause

Answer 11

A clause in the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment requiring that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without fairness and justice.

Question 12

Miscegenation

Answer 12

Marriage between people of different races.

Question 13

Equal protection clause

Answer 13

A clause in the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment requiring similarly situated persons to receive similar treatment under law.

Question 14

Abortion

Answer 14

The act of preventing a live birth by terminating a pregnancy.

Question 15

Pro-life

Answer 15

Favoring legislation that prohibits or greatly restricts abortion; such as in rape, incest, or the health of the mother only.

Question 16

Pro-choice

Answer 16

Favoring legislation that allows abortion.

Question 17

Pornography

Answer 17

Refers to material or conduct showing or describing some kind of sexual activity and which is designed to cause sexual arousal; as distinguished from obscenity, this deserves regulation.

Question 18

Obscenity

Answer 18

Offensive or legally prohibitable material or conduct that shows or describes some kind of sexual activity and is designed to sexually arouse; subset of pornography that is patently offensive and is subject to criminalization.

Question 19

Prurient interest

Answer 19

A shameful or morbid interest in sex.

Question 20

Ordinance

Answer 20

A law passed by a local or municipal legislative body, such as a city council.

Question 21

Drugs

Answer 21

Chemical substances that have an effect on the body or mind.

Question 22

Federal Controlled Substances Act

Answer 22

Passed in 1970, places strict controls on drugs that are listed in 5 different schedules based on medical utility, potential for abuse, and potential for dependence.

Question 23

Controlled substances

Answer 23

A drug that is included in any of the five schedules established by the Federal Controlled Substances Act.

Question 24

The Anti-drug Abuse Act of 1988

Answer 24

Allows for minor punishment without giving an offender a criminal record if in possession of a small amount.

Question 25

Drug trafficking

Answer 25

The unauthorized manufacture or distribution of any controlled substances or the possession of such a substance with the intention of manufacturing or distributing it illegally.