BAWDY-HOUSE
\bˈɔːdihˈa͡ʊs], \bˈɔːdihˈaʊs], \b_ˈɔː_d_i_h_ˈaʊ_s]\
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A house of prostitution ; a brothel. A house or dwelling maintained for the convenience and resort of persons desiring unlawful sexual connection. Davis v. State, 2 Tex. App. 427; State v. Porter, 38 Ark. 038; People v. Buchanan, 1 Idaho, 689.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Crim. law. A house of ill-fame, (q. v.) kept for the resort and unlawful commerce of lewd people of both sexes.
By John Bouvier
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A house where traffick is made by wickedness and debauchery.
By Thomas Sheridan
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