1. The word "woman" in Code § 26-5901 defining sodomy as "the carnal knowledge and connection against the order of nature, by man with man, or in the same unnatural manner with woman" must in the absence of statutory amplification be treated in its generic meaning as signifying "the female part of the human race; womankind." Webster's New International Dictionary, 2nd ed., unabridged (2). An examination...
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