indecent

Offensive to common propriety; offending against modesty or delicacy; grossly vulgar; obscene; lewd; unseemly; unbecoming; indecorous; unfit to be seen or heard.

See obscene

@ indecent assault

The act of a male person taking indecent liberties with the person of a female, without her consent and against her will, but with no intent to commit the crime of rape

@ indecent exhibition

Any exhibition contra bonos mores, as the taking a dead body for the purpose of dissection or public exhibition

@ indecent exposure

Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place. It is an indictable offense at common law, and by statute in most states. Term refers to exhibition of those private parts which instinctive modesty, human decency or self-respect require shall be kept covered in presence of others. Exposure of person becomes indecent when it occurs at such time and place where reasonable person knows or should know his act will be open to observation of others. State v. Borchard, 24 Ohio App.2d 95, 264 N.E.2d 646, 650.

A person commits a misdemeanor if, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire of himself or of any person other than his spouse, he exposes his genitals under circumstances in which he knows his conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm. Model Penal Code, No. 213.5

@ indecent liberties

In the statutory offense of "taking indecent liberties with the person of a female child," this phrase means such liberties as the common sense of society would regard as indecent and improper. According to some authorities, it involves an assault or attempt at sexual intercourse, but according to others, it is not necessary that the liberties or familiarities should have related to the private parts of the child.

See obscene

@ indecent publications

Such as are offensive to modesty and delicacy; obscene; lewd; tending to the corruption of morals. Dunlop v. U. S., 165 U.S. 486, 17 S.Ct. 375, 41 L.Ed. 799.

See obscene.

@ public indecency

This phrase has no fixed legal meaning, is vague and indefinite, and cannot, in itself, imply a definite offense. The courts, by a kind of judicial legislation, in England and the United States, have usually limited the operation of the term to public displays of the naked person, the publication, sale, or exhibition of obscene books and prints, or the exhibition of a monster,-acts which have a direct bearing on public morals, and affect the body of society. Irven v. State, 138 Tex.Cr.R. 368, 136 S.W.2d 608, 609.

See obscene; also, indecent exposure, above

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