Brothel
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A bawdy house; a common habitation of prostitutes.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A bawdy-house; a common habitation of prostitutes. Such places have always been deemed common nuisances in the United states, and the keepers of them may be fined and imprisoned. Till the time of Henry VIII. they were licensed in England, but that prince suppressed them. See Coke, 2d Inst. U".~>; P. a why-House. For the history of these places, see Merlin, Rep. Mot Bordel; Parent Duchatellet, De la Prostitution dona la Vi Ue de Paris; Histoire de la Ligii sur les Femmes publiques, etc., par Sabatier.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910