Moral turpitude
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Contrary to justice, honesty, principle or good morals. See 123 Cal. 522; 56 Pac. 448.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An act of baseness, vileness or depravity in the private and social duties which a man owes to his fellow men or to society in general, contrary to the accepted and customary rule of right and duty between man and man. In re Eipnry, 16 Idaho 756, 99 Pac. 10.64, 21 L. R. A. (N. S.) 207. It does not necessarily include publishing a defamatory libel of George V; U. S. V. Uhl, 210 Fed. 860. See Deportation; Immigration.