Incest
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
is the carnal sopulauon of two persons related to each other within the degrees prohibited by law. Vide Marriage. It is punished by fine and imprisonment, under the _laws of the respective states.
Vide 1 Smith’s Laws of Pennsylv. 26; Dane’s Ab. Index, h. t.; Dig. 23, 2, 68.