house+of+ill-fame

  • 41fame — noun the state of being famous. Origin ME (also in the sense reputation , which survives in house of ill fame): via OFr. from L. fama …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 42keeper of a bawdy house — or house of ill fame A person who has control, proprietorship, or management of the house in question. State v. Weston, 235 Iowa 148, 15 N.W.2d 922, 923 See house of ill fame; bawdy house …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 43keeper of a bawdy house — or house of ill fame A person who has control, proprietorship, or management of the house in question. State v. Weston, 235 Iowa 148, 15 N.W.2d 922, 923 See house of ill fame; bawdy house …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 44Fame Academy 1 — was the first series of the BBC s reality talent search Fame Academy , which was first broadcast in the UK over ten weeks in October December 2002. It was won by David Sneddon. The live shows were presented by Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty. The… …

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  • 45bawdy-house — A house of ill fame; a house of prostitution; a brothel. A house or dwelling maintained for the convenience and resort of persons desiring unlawful sexual connection. A place for convenience of people of both sexes in resorting to lewdness, a… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 46bawdy-house — A house of ill fame; a house of prostitution; a brothel. A house or dwelling maintained for the convenience and resort of persons desiring unlawful sexual connection. A place for convenience of people of both sexes in resorting to lewdness, a… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 47keeping disorderly house — A common law offense; a statutory offense in most American jurisdictions. 24 Am J2d Disord H § 14. Keeping a lewd house, a house of ill fame, a house of prostitution, or a house to which people resort for a commission of acts contrary to law and… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 48sporting house — A house of ill fame. A house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, and the like, but not necessarily a house kept for unlawful sports or practices …

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  • 49bawdy-house — n. Brothel, stew, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill fame …

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  • 50lewd house — A house to which people resort for lewd acts. See house of ill fame …

    Ballentine's law dictionary