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sexual intercourse

the act carried out for procreation or for pleasure in which the insertion of the male's erect penis into the female's vagina is followed by rhythmic thrusting usually culminating in orgasm; copulation; coitus
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"Having evaluated this case with that close scrutiny, we are confident that the jury's verdicts would have been the same had the judge correctly instructed the jury on how to proceed if they found that the victim initially consented to sexual penetration and then withdrew her consent during intercourse."
[A]ny act of sexual penetration engaged in by the defendant without
Cameroonian Guy Madjo was found guilty at Winchester Crown Court of the offence of sexual penetration of the woman at his home in Grayshott, Hampshire, on August 17 2014.
The amendment now reads that anyone who commits sexual penetration or sexual violation with a child 'who is 12 years of age or older but under the age of 16 years' (i.e.
Three of the students were charged with aggravated sexual assault, hazing and other crimes stemming from an act of sexual penetration against a team member.
A study conducted at Groningen University in the Netherlands has found that women's physiological response to explicit images of sexual penetration was similar to what they feel when confronted with revolting food, the Independent reported.
The court found that the parts of sections 15 and 16 of the Act that criminalised consensual sexual penetration or sexual violation between adolescent children under the age of 16 years violated the constitutional rights to dignity and privacy and the 'best interests of the child' provisions of the Constitution, and could not be saved by the limitation clause.
Nevada law states that it is illegal for any adult (18 years of age or older) to engage in sexual intercourse or other sexual penetration with a minor under the age of 16, even if the minor consents to the sexual activity.
In their contribution, Jonathan Herring and Michelle Dempsey examine the criminal law's response to sexual penetration in terms of theoretical and practical implications.
This includes allegations of youth-on-youth sexual penetration, or youth-on-youth sexual contact, as well as staff/contractor/volunteer/intern sexual penetration, or staff/contractor/volunteer/intern sexual contact of any youths under the age of 18.
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