TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In criminal law. The unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman by a man forcibly and against her will. In English law. An intermediate division between a shire and a hundred; or a division of a county, containing several hundreds. 1 Bl. Comm. 116; Cowell. Apparently peculiar to the county of Sussex. Rape of the forest. In old English law. Trespass committed in a forest by violence. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
The amount of interest that a lender charges to lend money. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In criminal practice. A material word in indictments for rape. Whart. Crim. Law, … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Law which protects rape victims from being questioned about prior sexual conduct when giving testimony. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
The confirmation of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another; confirmation of a voidable act. An agreement to adopt an act performed by another for us. 2. Ratifications are either empress or implied. The former are made in express and direct terms of assent; the latter are such as the law presumes from the acts of the principal; as, if Peter buy goods for … [Read more...]