obscene
Defined in 3 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
The term “obscene” has the meaning given such term in section 1460 of title 18.
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- 2000–present47 U.S.C. § 254Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs · Universal service · in this section
The term “obscene” means with respect to a project, production, workshop, or program that—
(1) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that such project, production, workshop, or program, when taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest;
(2) such project, production, workshop, or program depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and
(3) such project, production, workshop, or program, when taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
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- 1994–present20 U.S.C. § 952Education · Definitions · as used in this subchapter
The term “obscene” means, with respect to a project, that—
(A) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that such project, when taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest;
(B) such project depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and
(C) such project, when taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
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- 2003–present20 U.S.C. § 9101Education · General definitions · as used in this chapter