Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Assault to rape

see assault with intent to commit rape.

Assault with intent to commit rape

see assault.

Assault with intent to commit rape1

An assault carried out with the additional criminal purpose of intending to rape the victim. - also termed assault to rape.

Rape

n. 1. At common law, unlawful sexual intercourse committed by a man with a woman not his wife through force and against her will. ( The common-law crime of rape required at least a slight penetration of the penis into the vagina. Also at common law, a husband could not be convicted of raping his wife. 2. Unlawful sexual activity (esp. intercourse) with a person (usu. a female) without consent and usu. by force or threat of injury. ( Most modern state statutes have broadened the definition along these lines. Marital status is now usu. irrelevant, and sometimes so is the victim's gender. - Also termed (in some statutes) unlawful sexual intercourse; sexual assault; sexual battery; sexual abuse. Cf. sexual assault under ASSAULT.

acquaintance rape.

See date rape under RAPE.

date rape

Rape committed by someone known to the victim, esp. by the victim's social companion. - Also termed acquaintance rape.

marital rape

See RAPE.

rape shield statute

See SHIELD LAW (2).

rape under age

See statutory rape under RAPE.

statutory rape

See RAPE.

therapeutic abortion

See ABORTION,

therapeutic relief

See RELIEF.

therapeutic relief.

The relief, esp. in a settlement, that requires the defendant to take remedial measures as opposed to paying damages. ( An example is a defendant-corporation (in an employment-discrimination suit) that agrees to undergo sensitivity training. - Often shortened to therapeutics.