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Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

In a statute punishing who has not had illegal and sexual intercourse. A conviction is not warranted if the character of the woman for chastity and purity of heart and feelings has been successfully impeached.

Wood v. State, 48 Ga. 192.