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Chaste character

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

This term, as used in statutes, means actual personal virtue, and not reputation or good name. It may include the character of one who was formerly unchaste but is reformed. Kenyon v. People, 26 N. Y. 203, 84 Am. Dec. 177; Boak v. State, 5 Iowa, 430; People v. Nelson. 153 N. Y. 90, 46 N. H 1040, 60 Am. St. Rep. 592; People v. Mails, 94 Mich. 630, 54 N. W. 488.

Defined under Chastity in Black's Law Dictionary.