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Bestiality

Sexual relations between a human being and an animal.

At Common Law, bestiality was considered a crime against nature and was punishable by death.

Today, it is prohibited by statutes in most states as a form of Sodomy. The penalty for committing the offense is a fine, imprisonment, or both.

bestiality

n. copulation by a human with an animal, which is a crime in all states as a "crime against nature." (See: crime against nature)

bestiality

the offence of having sex with an animal.

Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006

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Will the next thing be that we legislate for some sort of bestiality? "If my neighbour is homosexual, I will treat him with the same day-today respect as I will treat the neighbour on the other side."

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Ofcom received 37 complaints with the majority criticising Loos's antics as "akin to bestiality".

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The watchdog received dozens of complaints from shocked viewers, claiming it promoted bestiality by encouraging people to have sex with horses.

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Officers also told the court in Kassel of more than a dozen CD roms taken from Meiwes' home depicting "every perversion imaginable" including sado-masochism, torture, and bestiality.

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