Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ravish

To have carnal knowledge of a person by force and against that person’s consent . In indictments for rape, the term ravish is synonymous with rape. The term originally meant to abduct a woman and to commit rape on her.

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Ravish in Historical Law

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• Rape