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bawdyhouse
(encz) | bawdyhouse,nevěstinec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bawdyhouse
(gcide) | Bawdyhouse \Baw"dy*house`\, n.
A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.
[1913 Webster] |
bawdyhouse
(wn) | bawdyhouse
n 1: a building where prostitutes are available [syn:
whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, {house of
prostitution}, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse,
cathouse, sporting house] |
BAWDY-HOUSE
(bouvier) | BAWDY-HOUSE, crim. law. A house of ill-fame, (q. v.) kept for the resort and
unlawful commerce of lewd people of both sexes.
2. Such a house is a common nuisance, as it endangers the public peace
by drawing together dissolute and debauched persons; and tends to corrupt
both sexes by an open profession of lewdness. 1 Russ. on Cr.; 299: Bac. Ab.
Nuisances, A; Hawk. B. 1, c. 74, Sec. 1-5.
3. The keeper of such a house may be indicted for the nuisance; and a
married woman, because such houses are generally kept by the female sex, may
be indicted with her husband for keeping such a house. 1 Salk. 383; vide
Dane's Ab. Index, h. t. One who assists in establishing a bawdyhouse is
guilty of a misdemeanor. 2 B. Monroe, 417.
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bawdyhouse
(encz) | bawdyhouse,nevěstinec n: Zdeněk Brož |
bawdyhouse
(wn) | bawdyhouse
n 1: a building where prostitutes are available [syn:
whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, {house of
prostitution}, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse,
cathouse, sporting house] |
BAWDY-HOUSE
(bouvier) | BAWDY-HOUSE, crim. law. A house of ill-fame, (q. v.) kept for the resort and
unlawful commerce of lewd people of both sexes.
2. Such a house is a common nuisance, as it endangers the public peace
by drawing together dissolute and debauched persons; and tends to corrupt
both sexes by an open profession of lewdness. 1 Russ. on Cr.; 299: Bac. Ab.
Nuisances, A; Hawk. B. 1, c. 74, Sec. 1-5.
3. The keeper of such a house may be indicted for the nuisance; and a
married woman, because such houses are generally kept by the female sex, may
be indicted with her husband for keeping such a house. 1 Salk. 383; vide
Dane's Ab. Index, h. t. One who assists in establishing a bawdyhouse is
guilty of a misdemeanor. 2 B. Monroe, 417.
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