Fornication
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
crim. law, is the unlawful carnal knowledge of an unmarried person with another, whether the latter be married or unmarried; when the party is married, the offence as to him or her, 1s known by the name of adultery, (qv-) Fornication is however included in every case of adultery, as a larceny is included in robbery.
2 Hale’s P. C. 302..