Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sodomy
Meaning of Sodomy
Anal copulation, whether with man or beast, and is said to be a crime against nature.
Sodomy Alternative Definition
A carnal copulation by human beings with each other against nature, or with a beast. 2 Bish. Crim. Law, §1029. A distinction not generally recognized has been made between bestiality and sodomy, the former being defined as carnal connection between a human being and a brute, and the latter as carnal connection between two human beings against the order of nature. 10 Ind. 355. It has generally been held that at common law the crime of sodomy was committed by penetration per anum, and not per OS. A penetration of the mouth is not sodomy. Bishop’s New Criminal Law, Vol. 2, §1194; 2 Russell on Crimes, p. 638; McClain’s Crim. Law, §1153; 86 Neb. 237, 21 Am. & Eng. Ann. Cas. 336; 133 Ky. 720, 118 S. W. 943.
Legal Definition of Sodomy
Anal or oral copulation with another person or animal. Many societies criminalize sodomy as a “crime against nature.” In modern industrial nations, homosexuals are the usual target in law enforcement for anti-sodomy laws.
Synonyms of Sodomy
noun
- buggery
- degeneration
- depravity
- deviation
- indecency
- pederasty
- perversion
- sexual deviation
- unlawful sexual intercourse
- unnatural carnal intercourse
- unnatural sexual intercourse
- vice
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Sodomy in Historical Law
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Sodomy in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of sodomy.
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- sodomy in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- sodomy in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
Sodomy, Sexual Behaviour and the Law
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