INCES

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  INCEST. The carnal copulation of a man and a woman related to each other in 
  any of the degrees within which marriage is prohibited by law. Vide 
  Marriage. It is punished by fine and imprisonment, under the laws of the 
  respective states., Vide 1 Smith's Laws of Pennsylv. 26; Dane's Ab. Index, 
  h.t.; Dig. 23, 2, 68; 6 Conn. R. 446; Penal Laws of China, B. 1, s. 2, Sec. 
  10; Sw. part 2 Sec. 17, p. 103.