Romeo and Juliet law

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Romeo and Juliet laws 复数 Romeo and Juliet laws

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n.
  1. 1.

    A law that reduces the penalty for voluntary sexual intercourse that would otherwise be statutory rape, typically where the age gap between the participants is no more than a few years.

词源

From the names of the young lovers in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

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