Meretricious
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Illicit, as applied to sexual relations.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Lewd; sexually immoral.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Pertaining to unlawful sexual relations. Anderson, L. Diet. When persons who are under legal disabilities wed it is called a meretricious union. 1 Bla. Com. 436.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Of the nature of unlawful sexual connection. The term is descriptive of the relation sustained Dy persons who contract a marriage that is void by reason of legal incapacity. 1 Bl. Comm. 436.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
s Pertaining to unlawful sexual relation. If persons under legal incapacities wed, the union is meretricious.*