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Rape

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

The carnal knowledge of a woman forcibly and against her will, — forcibly meaning little if anything more than without consent.

In English law

An intermediate division between a shire and a hundred, or a division of a county, containing several hundreds.

In old English law

Rape of the forest: trespass committed in a forest by violenca