Emission
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
med. jur. The act, by which any matter whatever is thrown from the body; thus it is usual to say, emission of urine, emission of semen, &c. Incases of rape when the fact of penetration is proved, it may be left to the jury whether emission did or did not take place. Proof of emission would perhaps be held to be evidence of penetration.
Addis. R. 148; 2 So. Car. Const. R. 351; 2 Chitty Cr. Law, 810; 1 Beck’s Med. Jur. 140.