"carnal knowledge" meaning in English

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        {
          "text": "to have carnal knowledge of someone"
        },
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          "ref": "1836, Michael Ryan, A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence, 2nd edition, London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, page 309",
          "text": "The legal definition of rape, is the carnal knowledge of a woman by force, and against her will. The carnal knowledge of a child, under ten years of age, with or without her consent, is considered rape.",
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        "Sexual intercourse."
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          "Sexual intercourse",
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        "(archaic, chiefly law) Sexual intercourse."
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          "word": "carnal commerce"
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          "roman": "polovo snošenie",
          "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
          "word": "полово сношение"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xìngjiāo",
          "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
          "word": "性交"
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          "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
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          "word": "gemeenschap"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
          "word": "lihallinen yhteys"
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          "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Beiwohnung"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fios collaí"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "domestichezza"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rapporto carnale"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ayuntamiento carnal"
        },
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          "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
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          "word": "trato carnal"
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  "word": "carnal knowledge"
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          "text": "to have carnal knowledge of someone"
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      "roman": "polovo snošenie",
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      "roman": "xìngjiāo",
      "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
      "word": "性交"
    },
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      "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
      "word": "lihallinen yhteys"
    },
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      "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
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      "word": "fios collaí"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
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      "word": "rapporto carnale"
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      "word": "ayuntamiento carnal"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "archaic term for sexual intercourse",
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