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PROSTITUTION [2 records]

Record 1 2015-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Social Problems
CONT

Every one who ... inveigles or entices a person who is not a prostitute to a common baudy-house for the purpose of illicit sexual intercourse or prostitution ... is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.

OBS

harlotry (1645): the practice or trade of prostitution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

Est coupable d'un acte criminel et passible d'un emprisonnement maximal de dix ans quiconque, selon le cas [...] attire ou entraîne une personne qui n'est pas prostituée vers une maison de débauche aux fins de rapports sexuels illicites ou de prostitution.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Problemas sociales
DEF

Relación sexual en la cual uno de los participantes cobra dinero o algún otro bien por realizarla.

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Record 2 1996-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
OBS

Current issue review 82-2E, Research Branch, Library of Parliament, 1992.

OBS

Revised September, 1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
OBS

Bulletin d'actualité 82-2F, Service de recherche, Bibliothèque du parlement, 1992.

OBS

Révisé septembre 1995.

Spanish

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