Ravished
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Pleading. A technical word necessary in an indictment for rape. No other word or circumlocution will answer. The defendant should be charged with having “ feloniously ravished” the prosecutrix, or woman, mentioned in the indictment; Bac. Abr. Indictment (G 1); Com. Dig. Indictment (G 6); Hawk. PI.
Cr. 2, c. 25, s. 26; Cro. Car. 37; Co. Litt. 184, n. p; Co. 2d Inst. 180; 1 East, PI. Cr. 447.
The words “feloniously did ravish and carnally know” imply that the act was done forcibly and against the will of the woman; Harman v. Com., 12 S. & R. (Pa.) 70.
See 3 Chitty, Cr. L. 812.