Carnal
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Of the body; relating to the body; fleshly; sexual.
— Carnal knowledge. The act of a man in having sexual bodily connection with a woman. Carnal knowledge and sexual intercourse held equivalent expressions. Noble v. State, 22 Ohio St. 541. From very early times, in the law, as in common speech, the meaning of the words "carnal knowledge" of a woman by a man has been sexual bodily connection ; and these words, without more, have been used in that sense by writers of the highest authority on criminal law, when undertaking to give a full and precise definition of the crime of rape, the highest crime of this character. Co.m. v. Squires, 97 Mass. 61.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Of the body; relating to the body; bodily.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Of the body; relating to the body; fleshly; sexual.