Mankind
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Persons of the male sex; the human species.
The statute of 25 Hen. VIII. c.
6, makes it felony to commit sodomy with mankind or beast. Females as well as males are included under the term mankind.
Fortescue 91; Bac. Abr. Sodomy.