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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
pleadings. This is a technical phrase essential in an indictment to charge the defendant with the crime of rape; no other word, or circumlocution will answer the same purpose as these words.
Vide Ravished, and Bac. Ab. Indictment, G 1; Com. Dig. Indictment, G 6; 1 Hale, 632; 3 an 60; Co. Litt. 187; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, * 243.
It has been doubted whether these words were