Purity; continence. That virtue which prevents the unlawful inter-course of the sexes. Also the state of purity or abstinence from unlawful sexual connection. People v. Brown, 71 Hun, 601, 24 N. Y. Supp. 1111; People v. Kehoe, 123 Cal. 224, 65 Pac. 911, 69 Am. SL Rep. 52; State v. Carron, 18 Iowa, 375, 8T Am. Dec. 401
