See also:

• SEDUCTION (from Lat. seducere, to lead astray)

SEDUCTION (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. seducere, to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead astray)  , a See also:

• TERM

term generally used in the See also:

• SPECIAL

special sense of wrongfully inducing a woman to consent to sexual intercourse . The See also:

• ACTION

action for See also:

• SEDUCTION (from Lat. seducere, to lead astray)

seduction of an unmarried woman in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England stands in a somewhat anomalous position . The theory of See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law is that the woman herself has suffered no wrong; the wrong has been suffered by the See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent or See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person in loco parentis, who must See also:

• SUE, EUGENE [JosEPH MARIE] (1804—1857)

sue for the damage arising from the loss of service caused by the seduction of the woman . Some See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of service must be given, but very slight evidence will be sufficient, even making of See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea, milking cows, minding See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children or any small See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household See also:

• WORK

work . It is no See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar if a daughter is out at work during the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, provided she assists in the household when she comes See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in the evening . The relationship of See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master and servant must, however, exist, and the action must be brought by the person with whom the seduced girl was residing at the time, whether in the capacity of daughter and servant, See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward and servant, or servant only . It is so seldom indeed that an action is brought against a seducer when the seduced girl is a servant only, that what See also:

• SERJEANT

Serjeant See also:

• MANNING, HENRY EDWARD (1808-1892)

Manning wrote many years ago is still painfully true: " The quasi fiction of servitium amisit affords See also:

• PROTECTION

protection to the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man whose daughter occasionally makes his tea, but leaves without redress the poor man whose See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child is sent unprotected to See also:

• EARN

earn her See also:

• BREAD

bread amongst strangers " (See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note to See also:

• GRINNELL

Grinnell v . See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells, 1844, 7 M . & G . 1044) . This capricious working of the action for seduction is somewhat obviated in Scots law, under which the seduced woman may sue on her own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, but only if deceit has been used, and most often there is a difficulty in showing that the deceit alone was the cause of the injury . Although the action is nominally for loss of service, still exemplary See also:

• DAMAGES (through O. Fr. damage, mod. Fr. dommage, from Lat. damnum, loss)

damages are given for the dishonour of the See also:

• PLAINTIFF

plaintiff's See also:

• FAMILY

family beyond recompense for the See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere loss of service .

An action for seduction cannot be brought in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court except by agreement of the parties . As to seduction of a married woman, the old action for criminal conversation was abolished by the See also:

• DIVORCE

Divorce See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act I&57 which substituted for it a claim for damages against the co-See also:

• RESPONDENT (from Lat. respondere, to answer)

respondent in a divorce suit; but if a married woman were living apart from her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband in her See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, and giving her services to her father in the slightest degree, an action for seduction would See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie . Seduction in England is not as a See also:

• RULE

rule a criminal offence . But a See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy to seduce is indictable at See also:

• COMMON

common law . And the Criminal Law See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

Amendment Act 1885 (which extends to the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom) makes it See also:

• FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel, gall, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel

felony to seduce a girl under the the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of thirteen, and See also:

• MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

misdemeanour to seduce a girl between thirteen and sixteen (§§ 4,5) . The same act also deals severely with the cognate offences of See also:

• PROCURATION (Lat. procurare, to take care of)

procuration, See also:

• ABDUCTION (Lat. abductio, abducere, to lead away)

abduction and unlawful detention with the See also:

• INTENT (from Lat. intend ere, to stretch out, extend, particularly in the phrase intendere animum, to turn one's mind to, purpose)

intent to seduce a woman of any age . The Children Act 1908 gave a further protection to See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• PEOPLE

people, enacting that if any person having the custody, See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge or care of a girl under the age of sixteen causes or encourages the seduction of that girl he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two years . United States.—In the United States See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state legislation has generally modified the common law . In some states the father brings the action as the representative of the family whose purity has been invaded; in others the woman herself may bring the action . In many states there is a criminal as well as a See also:

• CIVIL

civil remedy . The penal codes of New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana and other states make it a See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime to seduce under, promise of See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage an unmarried woman of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good reputation . Subsequent intermarriage of the parties is in most cases a bar to criminal proceedings .

The state legislation of the United States is in remarkable opposition to the rule of the See also:

• CANON

canon law, by which the seduction of a woman by her betrothed was not punish-able on account of the inchoate right over her person given by the See also:

• BETROTHAL (A.S. treowth, " truth ")

betrothal .