CHASTE CHARACTER - Black's Law Dictionary

What is CHASTE CHARACTER? Definition of CHASTE CHARACTER in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.

Denoting purity of mind and innocence of heart;—not limited merely to unlawful sexual intercourse. State v. Wilcoxen, 200 Iowa, 1250, 206 N.W. 260, 261.

As used in statutes, means actual personal virtue. It may include the character of one who was formerly unchaste but is reformed. Boak v. State, 5 Iowa, 430; People v. Nelson, 153 N.Y. 90, 46 N.E. 1040, 60 Am.St.Rep. 592.

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