fornication

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Khawar Maneka - a civil servant and son of a well-known politician - filed a complaint alleging "fraudulent marriage and fornication" in November, according to Pakistan's Dawn newspaper.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

So that means that right now at least seven states are suddenly amending or repealing their adultery and fornication statutes, most for the first time since they were enacted.

From Salon • May 6, 2019

Nancy Gertner, a lecturer at Harvard Law School and a former federal judge, said fornication laws often stay on the books only because they are enforced so infrequently that they have not been challenged.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2017

According to a probable-cause affidavit from the 1800s, a man in those days could be charged for fornication, and county insanity records state one individual was admitted for nervousness.

From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2016

Had Margaery Tyrell somehow wriggled free of the accusations of fornication, adultery, and high treason?

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin