Incest

Incest, the sexual intercourse of persons within the Levitical degrees of kindred. It was during the Protectorate a capital offence, as was also adultery, but at the Restoration this law was not confirmed, and these offences were then relegated to the jurisdiction of the spiritual courts, which determine what kind of sexual connection is incest. The notion of incest is entirely founded upon the consanguinity or affinity of the parties.