Blackmailer’s Charter
(UK, legal, historical, colloquial) Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, which made "gross indecency" a crime in the United Kingdom, and was used broadly to prosecute male homosexuals.
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(UK, legal, historical, colloquial) Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, which made "gross indecency" a crime in the United Kingdom, and was used broadly to prosecute male homosexuals.
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