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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-184: Fornication and adultery.
Where this section sits in the code
- Chapter 14. Criminal Law.
- SUBCHAPTER VII. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALITY AND DECENCY.
- Article 26. Offenses Against Public Morality and Decency.
If any man and woman, not being married to each other, shall lewdly and lasciviously associate, bed and cohabit together, they shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor: Provided, that the admissions or confessions of one shall not be received in evidence against the other. (1805, c. 684, P.R.; R.C., c. 34, s. 45; Code, s. 1041; Rev., s. 3350; C.S., s. 4343; 1969, c. 1224, s. 9; 1993, c. 539, s. 119; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
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