buggery

buggery
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Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


buggery
n.
Anal intercourse; sometimes includes bestiality. See also sodomy

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


buggery
the insertion of the male member into the anus of another person or animal (or an animal's vagina) and an offence in English law. There is a defence in the UK if the parties were consenting male adults over the age of 21 and the act was committed in private, but European human rights law has now extended that to 'group sex'. For Scotland, See sodomy and bestiality.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


buggery
n. Anal sex with another person or with an animal.
See also bestiality, sodomy.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


buggery
The criminal offense of anal or oral copulation by penetration of the male organ into the anus or mouth of another person of either sex or copulation between members of either sex with an animal.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


buggery
The criminal offense of anal or oral copulation by penetration of the male organ into the anus or mouth of another person of either sex or copulation between members of either sex with an animal.

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