statutory rape
statutory rape noun: an illegal act of sexual intercourse by an adult with a person under the legal age of consent for sex, or with another adult who is not able to consent because of intellectual disability.
Noun
statutory rape (countable and uncountable, plural statutory rapes)
- An illegal act of sexual intercourse by an adult with a person under the legal age of consent for sex, or with another adult who is not able to consent because of intellectual disability.
- Historically, statutory rape laws were enacted to protect the chastity and morality of young women. These statutes made it a crime for a man to have sexual intercourse with a young woman under a certain age (usually eighteen), even if the young woman consented to the act. (Today of, course...1999, Raneta Lawson Mack, A Layperson's Guide to Criminal Law, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 72
statutory rape meaning in Arabic
statutory rape in Arabic
- intercourse with a minor
- مُجَامَعَة قَاصِر
Forms of statutory rape
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Questions about statutory rape
- What does statutory rape mean?
- Statutory rape means an illegal act of sexual intercourse by an adult with a person under the legal age of consent for sex, or with another adult who is not able to consent because of intellectual disability.
- What is statutory rape in Arabic?
- Statutory rape in Arabic is مُجَامَعَة قَاصِر. See Statutory rape meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is statutory rape?
- Statutory rape is a noun.
- What is the plural of statutory rape?
- The plural of statutory rape is statutory rapes.
Words near statutory rape in the dictionary
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