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Adultery laws are the laws in various countries that deal with extramarital sex. Historically, many societies considered extramarital sex to be objectionable
Adultery_laws
Type of extramarital sex
criminal laws against adultery have become controversial, with most Western countries repealing adultery laws. In countries where adultery is still a
Adultery
tenth century, various forms of adultery were punishable in laws codified by Anglo-Saxon kings. These laws defined adultery in terms of damage to men's property
Adultery_in_English_law
unconstitutional. The law dated from 1860. Under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which was the section dealing with adultery, a man who had consensual
Adultery_law_in_India
Moral laws in Judaism
the Seven Laws of Noah (Hebrew: שבע מצוות בני נח, Sheva Mitzvot B'nei Noach), otherwise referred to as the Noahide Laws or the Noachian Laws (from the
Seven_Laws_of_Noah
specialized laws. Specialized laws to address the emerging phenomenon of "deep fake" pornographic content became an active subject of law-making and litigation
Pornography_laws_by_region
Famously, Athenian culture and adultery laws considered seduction of a citizen woman a worse crime than rape. Under Athenian law, killing a moichos who had
Adultery_in_Classical_Athens
Sexual acts between humans and animals
or simple grossness", according to The Independent. Many laws, or updates to existing laws banning sex acts with non-human animals have been introduced
Bestiality
Legality of sexual relationships between family members
are prohibited. Also, most laws make no provision for the rare case of marriage between double first cousins. Incest laws may also include prohibitions
Legality_of_incest
Aspect of United States law
unlawful, unnatural or immoral from the colonial-era based laws in the 17th century. While these laws often targeted sexual acts between persons of the same
Sodomy laws in the United States
Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States
Person obtaining sexual contact with another person
original on 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2008-04-05. "No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the US". Human Rights Watch Report. September 11, 2007. "Internet Safety
Sexual_predator
Pornography definitions
original on 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2026-02-04. "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China". Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. 1979-07-01. Archived
Definitions_of_pornography
Legislation prohibiting interracial relationships
Anti-miscegenation laws are laws that enforce racial segregation at the level of marriage and intimate relationships by criminalizing interracial marriage
Anti-miscegenation_laws
categories, penalties, and interpretations of laws. Differences include the definition of "child" under the laws, which can vary with the age of sexual consent;
Legality_of_child_pornography
Erotic materials depicting minors
child pornography laws in 187 countries by the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) showed that 93 had no laws that specifically
Child_pornography
Sexual abuse compliance method
mentorship, coaching, or preparing someone for leadership. From 1975 to 1985, law enforcement in the United States became increasingly aware of child sexual
Sexual_grooming
Laws against interracial marriage
anti-miscegenation laws which prohibited interracial marriage and, in some states, interracial sexual relations. Some of these laws predated the establishment
Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States
Anti-miscegenation_laws_in_the_United_States
Non-vaginal sex in Hindu culture
the Manusmriti (the Laws of Manu). The penalties for ayoni are very lenient when compared to other sexual offenes, such as adultery. The Arthashastra prescribes
Ayoni
Regulation by law of human sexual activity
Sex and the law deals with the regulation by law of human sexual activity. Sex laws vary from one place or jurisdiction to another, and have varied over
Sex_and_the_law
Facilitation or provision of a prostitute
prostitution laws, which ended in the 2013 ruling of Bedford v. Canada. In 2010, Ontario Superior Court Judge Susan Himel overturned the national laws banning
Procuring_(prostitution)
Legality of prostitution
non-criminal laws and regulations against sex workers. Governments should establish antidiscrimination and other rights-respecting laws to protect against
Prostitution_law
Law or rule that is not enforced
Symbolic laws typically attempt to persuade rather than enforce, punish or prevent. For example, until the relevant statute was repealed in 2013, adultery was
Unenforced_law
American legal term
foreign object for any purpose other than good faith medical, hygienic or law enforcement procedures." On March 31, 1995, "Section 3124. Voluntary deviate
Deviant_sexual_intercourse
of Junior idol media under existing laws. The United States ambassador to Japan has stated that Japan's lack of laws restricting possession of child pornography
Child pornography laws in Japan
Child_pornography_laws_in_Japan
Sexual activity with a person under the age of consent
Cocca, Carolyn (2004). "Statutory Rape Laws in Historical Context". Jailbait: The politics of statutory rape laws in the United States. SUNY Press. Archived
Statutory_rape
Culturally recognised union between people
criminal laws against adultery have become controversial with international organizations calling for their abolition. Opponents of adultery laws argue that
Marriage
Laws relating to the crime of rape
culture. In countries which outlaw fornication or adultery, rape victims may become subject to these laws (if they cannot prove the rape case and/or if it
Laws_regarding_rape
Minimum age for agreement to sexual activities
consent laws dealt primarily with men engaging in sexual acts with underage girls and boys (the latter acts often falling under sodomy and buggery laws). This
Age_of_consent
Passage from the Gospel of John
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (or the Pericope Adulterae) is a passage (pericope) found in John 7:53–8:11 of the New Testament. In the passage
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery
Jesus_and_the_woman_taken_in_adultery
Study of ethical conduct in sexual behavior
of consensual sexual acts, such as adultery, fornication, interracial or interfaith sex, 'sodomy' (see sodomy laws) have been prohibited; while at the
Sexual_ethics
illegal under federal law and in all states and is punishable by up to life imprisonment and fines of up to $250,000. U.S. laws regarding child pornography
Child pornography laws in the United States
Child_pornography_laws_in_the_United_States
Interbreeding of different races or ethnic groups
anti-miscegenation laws are unconstitutional by way of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868). In Nazi Germany, the Nuremberg Laws, specifically The Law for the Protection
Miscegenation
Person who has committed a sex crime
and law reform groups such as National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws and Women Against Registry criticize current sex offender laws as based
Sex_offender
Non-marital sexual intercourse
relations with one or more partners whom they are not married to, it is called adultery. For many people, the term carries an overtone of moral or religious disapproval
Fornication
Abusive sexual behavior
Hebephilia Institutional abuse Journal of Sexual Aggression #MeToo Minor (law) Operation Protect Our Children Prevention Project Dunkelfeld Psychological
Sexual_abuse
Tourism for engaging child prostitution
governments have enacted laws allowing the prosecution of their citizens for child sexual abuse committed abroad. While such laws may deter situational offenders
Child_sex_tourism
Public indecency involving nudity
the laws of the United States, Canada, Australia, or Great Britain. In the United States, the federal government and all 50 states have enacted laws specifically
Indecent_exposure
Violent crime triggered by a sudden impulse
to adultery and fathers killing daughters due to premarital sex, e.g. such a law existed in Italy until 1981 - see below) reforming self defense laws by
Crime_of_passion
Type of sex crime
Risk. Excellent Books. ISBN 9781880780077. "New York Consolidated Laws, Penal Law - PEN § 130.70 Aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree". New York
Aggravated_sexual_assault
Islamic law
according to Islamic law, without specifying the penalties. Some Nigerian states have also enacted Islamic criminal laws. Laws in the Indonesian province
Sharia
Social institution in the classical Roman civilization
legal terms, adultery, and he could not be prosecuted under Augustus Laws. Under the adultery law, married man would only be committing adultery if his lover
Marriage_in_ancient_Rome
Regulates or suppresses obscenity
arise at federal and state levels. State laws operate only within the jurisdiction of each state, and state laws on obscenity differ. Federal statutes ban
United_States_obscenity_law
One of the Ten Commandments
"Thou shalt not commit adultery" (Biblical Hebrew: לֹא תִנְאָף, romanized: Lōʾ ṯinʾāp̄) is found in the Book of Exodus of the Hebrew Bible. It is considered
Thou shalt not commit adultery
Thou_shalt_not_commit_adultery
2018 landmark case decriminalising adultery
own specific laws such as Army Act, 1950, for their conduct including adultery. The court upheld the government's stance allowing adultery to remain punishable
Joseph Shine v. Union of India
Joseph_Shine_v._Union_of_India
these zoning laws. Many United States jurisdictions have laws pertaining to striptease or public nudity. In some parts of the United States, laws forbid exposure
Legal_status_of_striptease
Act of sexual abuse
challenged. During criminal proceedings, publication bans and rape shield laws may operate to protect victims from excessive public scrutiny. Negative social
Sexual_assault
territories have similar laws, some of which use a different ages (for example the victim only has to be under 16 in Queensland). Such laws across Australia were
Laws regarding child sexual abuse
Laws_regarding_child_sexual_abuse
Physiology, identity and behavior
outside of marriage, such as premarital sex or adultery, with critics arguing that, in practice, these laws are used to control women's and not men's behavior
Human_female_sexuality
adultery laws were based on the Siete Partidas, established by Alfonso X, and designed to punish women for having sex outside of marriage. These laws
Adultery in Francoist Spain and the democratic transition
Adultery_in_Francoist_Spain_and_the_democratic_transition
Act or statement that offends the morality of the period
the 2012 FEMEN protests in São Paulo. In India the Obscenity law is governed by several laws ranging from Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, IT Act 2000, POSCO, Indecent
Obscenity
1972 novel by John Edward Williams
Julia, Octavius Caesar himself decides to have Julia prosecuted under adultery laws which leads to her exile to the island of Pandateria. Despite disliking
Augustus_(Williams_novel)
Area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations
depending on jurisdiction. Issues may arise in family law where there is a question as to the laws of the jurisdiction that apply to the marriage relationship
Family_law
Sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors
Legislative Services (2019-06-17). "Consolidated federal laws of Canada, Criminal Code". laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-10-05
Voyeurism
Effort to change age-of-consent laws
Age-of-consent reform encompasses many different efforts to amend age of consent laws. Age-of-consent refers to the age at which a person can legally consent to
Age-of-consent_reform
the fornication and adultery laws. Concerning the bigamy law, the court cited established Supreme Court decisions upholding such laws' constitutionality
Kenneth_William_Mayle
American politician, lawyer (born 1961)
touched in part on this strange loophole in the law. In November 2005, Cox himself admitted to committing adultery while accusing Oakland County lawyer Geoffrey
Mike Cox (American politician)
Mike_Cox_(American_politician)
Cheating, adultery, or having an affair
Infidelity (synonyms include cheating, having an affair, adultery, being unfaithful, non-consensual non-monogamy, straying or two-timing) is a violation
Infidelity
Form of workplace harassment in the US
Connecticut, Delaware, and Maine have also passed laws mandating sexual harassment training for employers. US labor law Sexual harassment Hostile work environment
Sexual harassment in the workplace in the United States
Sexual_harassment_in_the_workplace_in_the_United_States
Non-consensual distribution of sexually explicit material
prompted backlash from some of Moore's devotees, who stalked Laws and sent her death threats. Laws became known around the world as the "Erin Brockovich of
Revenge_porn
Type of murder
334). These laws are based on old Spanish laws that were repealed in Spain in 1963 (the honor killing law) and in 1978 (the adultery law). The origin
Honor_killing
Sexual phenomenon
that the female's gametes will not be successfully fertilized. Adultery Adultery laws Bruce effect Casual sex Extramarital sex Fornication Hookup culture
Coolidge_effect
Strange Laws of Old England. London: Piatkus. ISBN 0-7499-5036-6. Weinstein, Jeremy D. (1986). "Adultery, Law, and the State: A History". Hastings Law Journal
Commonwealth (Adultery) Act (1650)
Commonwealth_(Adultery)_Act_(1650)
Islamic legal term referring to unlawful sexual intercourse
intercourse. According to traditional jurisprudence, zina can include adultery, fornication, prostitution, sodomy, incest, and bestiality. Zina must be
Zina
Method of capital punishment
IHRDC, New Haven, CT National Laws – Iran Archived 2014-11-03 at the Wayback Machine (2014) "Indonesia: Aceh's New Islamic Laws Violate Rights | Human Rights
Stoning
Pakistani law passed in 2006
amend the heavily criticised 1979 Hudood Ordinance laws which govern the punishment for rape and adultery in Pakistan. Critics of the Hudood Ordinance alleged
Women's_Protection_Bill
Scottish court case
MacLennan 1958 SC 105 is a Scots a family law decision that ruled that artificial insemination does not constitute adultery for the purposes of divorce. The MacLennans
MacLennan_v_MacLennan
Sexual violation as interpreted in Islamic theological jurisprudence
punishment. Classical Islamic law defined what today is commonly called "rape" as a coercive form of fornication or adultery (zina). This basic definition
Rape_in_Islamic_law
Communication causing harm to reputation
emergency laws and anti-terrorism laws, were frequently used as tools of government control on media. Emergency laws often superseded the general law. Defamation
Defamation
Non-pornographic material used for sexual purposes
Tougher Internet Predator Laws". Redorbit.com. February 7, 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2026. "How the new 'child erotica' law might help stop sex predators"
Child_erotica
UK law concerning pornography
61 percent (241 out of 397) of responses rejecting the need for stronger laws in this area and 36 percent in favour (3 percent gave no opinion). The proposed
Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
Section_63_of_the_Criminal_Justice_and_Immigration_Act_2008
Ancient Roman law
leges Juliae) was an ancient Roman law that was introduced by any member of the gens Julia. Most often, "Julian laws", lex Julia or leges Juliae refer
Lex_Julia
Criminalization of not financially supporting one's impoverished parents or relatives
Filial responsibility laws (filial support laws, filial piety laws) impose a duty, usually upon adult children, for elderly care of their parents or other
Filial_responsibility_laws
Chief Justice of India from 2022 to 2024
2020. "Adultery law: Justice DY Chandrachud overturns another judgment by his father". msn.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.[dead link] "Adultery verdict:
Dhananjaya_Y._Chandrachud
Intimate relationship that is not strictly monogamous
influenced by religious doctrine, infidelity is criminalised under adultery laws. Countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan classify extramarital
Non-monogamy
Type of marriage with no formal ceremony
is a combination of federal and state/territory laws. Canada does not have the institution of common-law marriage, where a couple can be legally married
Common-law_marriage
Intentional or reckless infection of a person with the human immunodeficiency virus
demonstrated that these types of laws increase HIV stigma and negatively affect public health. HIV non-disclosure laws and criminalization of HIV transmission
Criminal_transmission_of_HIV
Laws criminalising certain sexual acts
63 countries have laws that criminalize sexual activity between 2 individuals of the same-sex. In 2006, that number was 92. Laws in 40 of these countries
Sodomy_law
grounds of adultery, insults, violence, or desertion, but did not allow for dissolution of marriage. Only in 1954, President Juan Domingo Perón had Law 14,394
Divorce_law_by_country
Retrieved 15 April 2024. 取消聚众淫乱罪会败坏社会风气吗？ (Would Repealing Group Licentiousness Law Ruin the Atmosphere of Society?) (in Chinese) Hudong 马尧海 v t e v t e v t
Ma_Xiaohai
Legal claim of civil wrong
purposes of tort law, different jurisdictions take different approaches to conflict of laws, and rules regarding conflict of tort laws apply equally to
Tort
5th-century BC legal code used in Gortyn, Crete
can infer some aspects of public law. The code deals with such matters as disputed ownership of slaves, rape and adultery, the rights of a wife when divorced
Gortyn_code
Form of child sexual abuse
Specific offences (varies by jurisdiction) Adultery Laws Anti-miscegenation U.S. laws Bestiality Child pornography Laws Child prostitution Criminal transmission
Sexual abuse in primary and secondary schools
Sexual_abuse_in_primary_and_secondary_schools
parent-adult child incest exposed to law enforcement are usually uncovered by the other parent. The table below summarizes these laws for individual U.S. States
Legality of incest in the United States
Legality_of_incest_in_the_United_States
Criminal forcible touching
states, such nonconsensual acts fall within the statutory definition of laws against sexual abuse or sexual contact. In addition, an unwanted kiss constitutes
Forcible_touching
20th-century Western social movement
separate the state from sexual matters such as marriage, birth control, and adultery. It stated that such issues were the concern of the people involved, and
Sexual_revolution
laws of the country. Women are also subjected to many smaller personal risks to their social status and daily life: They can be charged with adultery
Rape_in_Afghanistan
Hostility towards sexuality
next generation in shaping feminist legal theory". Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy. 20 (2): 255–286. Tyler, Meagan (2018-04-10). "Can we eroticise
Antisexualism
Babylonian legal text
the "laws". In the prologue, Hammurabi claims to have been granted his rule by the gods "to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak". The laws are
Code_of_Hammurabi
Legal term describing cohabitation by romantic partners outside of marriage
"Philippines' laws on adultery, concubinage, and marriage nullity". Retrieved 27 October 2021. "Repeal of RPC provisions on Adultery and Concubinage"
Concubinage_(law)
Sexual activity by a married person with someone other than their spouse
physical, mental, and emotional adultery, are denounced. Extramarital sex is legal in most jurisdictions, but laws against adultery are more common. In the United
Extramarital_sex
Online sexual exploitation
streaming sexual abuse. Investigations are sometimes hindered by privacy laws that make it difficult to monitor and arrest perpetrators. The International
Cybersex_trafficking
First sex act as part of a marriage or relationship
A. (2007) Family Law (5th Ed) Also in 1975, Australia introduced no-fault divorce, so specific grounds of divorce such as adultery, cruelty, desertion
Consummation
Trade of humans for exploitation
half decades. Efforts to combat human trafficking involve international laws, national policies, and non-governmental organizations. Human trafficking
Human_trafficking
acts legal adultery laws that same-sex couples are subject to age of consent laws that may impose higher ages for same-sex sexual activity laws regarding
LGBTQ rights by country or territory
LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory
Laws controlling consumption and apparel
Sumptuary laws (from Latin sūmptuāriae lēgēs) are laws that regulate consumption. Black's Law Dictionary defines them as "Laws made for the purpose of
Sumptuary_law
Wife's legal status subsumed into husband's
exemption stand. Gradually, changes to existing rape laws gave leeway to modify marital rape laws. Most states by 1980 had nullified resistance and corroboration
Coverture
Saudi royal
the House of Saud who was executed by shooting allegedly for committing adultery in 1977, at the age of 19. She was a daughter of Prince Fahd bin Muhammad
Mishaal_bint_Fahd_Al_Saud
Biblical principles relating to ethics and worship
21st centuries and culminating in laws in the 2020s in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas mandating their display—laws now facing legal challenges over separation
Ten_Commandments
Unlawful or invalid marriage
under the laws of the jurisdiction where it is entered. A void marriage is invalid from its beginning, and is generally treated under the law as if it
Void_marriage
chastity, death sentences under Qur'anic law [for adultery] are extremely rare." Mackey explained that "charges of adultery are never made lightly. Since the
Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
Capital_punishment_in_Saudi_Arabia
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