intromission

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To permit intromission, and to punish fraud, is to make law no better than a pitfall.

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  1. noun The act or process of intromitting; introduction or admission.

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  • He who never intromits at all, will never intromit with fraudulent intentions The relaxation of the law against vicious intromission has been very favourably represented by a great master of jurisprudence[575], whose words have been exhibited with unnecessary pomp, and seem to be considered as irresistibly decisive. —  Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2
  • Ibn al-Haytham is regarded as the "father of modern optics" [10] for his influential Book of Optics (written while he was under house arrest), which correctly explained and proved the modern intromission theory of vision. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • The female offspring of High LG mothers showed a reduced lordosis rating, a decreased mount: intromission ratio, received fewer ejaculations and were less likely to achieve pregnancy following mating in the paced mating context. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Mount occurred for less than 3 sec without intromission and thrusting, and were usually associated with female resistance. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Copulation in which intromission and thrusting were unambiguously observed (video by Daniela Antonacci via Canon DM MV 600-18× optical zoom / 2. 8-50 mm equivalent / Canon Video Lens). —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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  1. Medieval Latin intrōmissiō, intrōmissiōn-, usurpation, from Latin intrōmissus, past participle of intrōmittere, to intromit; see intromit.

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  1. = French intromission = Provencal intromissio = Italian intromessione, from Middle Latin intromissio(n-), from Latin intromittere, past participle intromissus, send in: see intromit.
 

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/ɪntrəˈmɪʃən/
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