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" Every person who takes any woman unlawfully, against her will, and by force, menace, or duress, compels her to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than two nor more than... "
Prize Essay on the Laws for the Protection of Women - Page 150
by James Edward Davis - 1854 - 247 pages
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An Annotated Revision of the Statutes of Louisiana Through the ..., Volume 1

Louisiana, Robert Hardin Marr - Law - 1915 - 960 pages
...unlawfully against her will with the intent to compel her by force, threats, persuasion, menace or duress to marry him or to marry any other person or to be denied ; or any person who being parent, guardian or having legal charge of the person of a female,...
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The Penal Code of the State of California: Adopted February 14, 1872. With ...

California - Criminal law - 1915 - 1172 pages
...duress, etc., to live in an illicit relation. Every person who takes any female person unlawfully, and against her will, and by force, menace, or duress, compels her to live with him in an illicit relation, against her consent, or to so live with any other person, is...
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Virginia Laws for the Suppression of Vice, Volume 217

Prostitution - 1917 - 20 pages
...unlawfully against her will with the intent to compel her, by force, threats, persuasion, menace or duress, to marry him or to marry any other person, or to be defiled; or, Subsection 2. Being parent, guardian, or any other person having legal charge of the person of...
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Woman and the Law, Including Rights and Duties of Citizenship

William Fenton Myers - New York (State) - 1918 - 560 pages
...prosecution for such crime. A person who by force, fraud or duress, compels a woman against her will to marry him or to marry any other person or to be denied, is punishable by imprisonment or by fine or both. 3. — While a person is a minor the law...
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California Laws of Interest to Women and Children, 1917

California - Children - 1918 - 292 pages
...force to live in illicit relation. § 2666. Every person who takes any female person unlawfully, and against her will, and by force, menace, or duress, compels her to live with him in an illicit relation, against her consent, or to so live with any other person, is...
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Practical Police Work: What to Do and how to Do it

James Joseph Skehan, James P. Conway - Criminal law - 1919 - 296 pages
...misdemeanor. Marriage by Force A person who by force, menace or duress, compels a woman against her will to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, is punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand...
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Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of ...

Virginia - Law - 1919 - 1856 pages
...imlawfully against her will with the intent to compel her, by force, threats, persuasion, menace or duress, to marry him or to marry any other person, or to be defiled ; or, Being parent, guardian or any other person having legal charge of the person of a female, consents...
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Report of the Nebraska Children's Code Commission, 1920

Nebraska. Children's Code Commission - Children - 1920 - 258 pages
...whoever takes or detains a female with the intent to compel her by force, threats, menace or duress to marry him or to marry any other person or to be defiled; or upon the pretense of marriage takes or detains a female person f.or the purpose of sexual intercourse...
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Oklahoma Criminal Code: With Annotations to Oklahoma Criminal Reports

Oklahoma - Criminal law - 1921 - 672 pages
...Fifteen. 969. To Compel Woman to Marry., 968. Compelling Woman to Marry — Any person who takes any woman against her will, and by force, menace or duress,...compels her to marry him or to marry any other person, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than ten years. (2420 RL 1910.) 969. To...
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The Codes of California: pt. 1-2. Penal code

California - California - 1921 - 1074 pages
...DURESS, ETC., TO LIVE IN AN ILLICIT RELATION. Every person who takes any female person unlawfully, and against her will, and by force, menace, or duress, compels her to live with him in an illicit relation, against her consent, or to so live with any other person, is...
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