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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The nonexistence of sexual intercourse between a husband and wife is generally expressed by the words "nonaccess of the husband to the wife;" which expressions, in a case of bastardy, are understood to mean the same thing. 2 Starkie, Ev. 218, note. See "Access."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The absence of sexual intercourse between husband and wife.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Non-existence of sexual intercourse.