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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.*