Vanessa wonders:
> What is considered adultery?
>From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (online):
Main Entry: adul�tery
Pronunciation: &-'d&l-t(&-)rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ter�ies
Etymology: Middle English, alteration of avoutrie,
from Middle French, from Latin adulterium, from
adulter adulterer, back-formation from adulterare
Date: 15th century
: voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man
and someone other than his wife or between a married
woman and someone other than her husband; also : an
act of adultery
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This of course creates the necessity to define "sexual
intercourse." Again, from Merriam-Webster's (online):
Main Entry: sexual intercourse
Function: noun
Date: 1799
1 : heterosexual intercourse involving penetration of
the vagina by the penis : COITUS
2 : intercourse involving genital contact between
individuals other than penetration of the vagina by
the penis
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Hope that's helpful.
Lori
in DC
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