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Female

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

The sex which conceives and gives birth to young. Also a member of such sex. The term is generic, but may have the specific meaning of "woman," if so indicated by the context.

State v. Hemm, 82 Iowa, 609, 48 N. W. 971.