What is carnal knowledge?

Some articles on carnal knowledge:

Statutory Rape
... (ROAC), "corruption of a minor" (COAM), "unlawful sex with a minor" (USWAM), "carnal knowledge of a minor" (CKOAM), "unlawful carnal knowledge" (UCK), "sexual battery" or simply "carnal knowledge" ...
LGBT Rights In Zambia - Law Regarding Same-sex Sexual Activity
... classifies homosexual sex (in the vague description "carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature") as a felony punishable by imprisonment for 14 years ... Any person who- (a) has carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature or.. ... c) permits a male person to have carnal knowledge of him or her against the order of nature is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for ...

Famous quotes containing the words carnal knowledge, knowledge and/or carnal:

    “Carnal knowledge is as forgettable as the other kinds.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “The world still wants its poet-priest, a reconciler, who shall not trifle with Shakspeare the player, nor shall grope in graves with Swedenborg the mourner; but who shall see, speak, and act, with equal inspiration. For knowledge will brighten the sunshine; right is more beautiful than private affection; and love is compatible with universal wisdom.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “You will not easily get a man to believe that his carnal love for the woman he has made his wife is as high a love as that he felt for his mother or sister.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)