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Obscenity

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005397

Material that is offensive to morality or decency, particularly that which depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. The legal definition of obscenity is subject to the Miller test in the United States, which considers community standards. Obscene material is not protected by freedom of speech.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005397
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005397",
  "term": "Obscenity",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Material that is offensive to morality or decency, particularly that which depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. The legal definition of obscenity is subject to the Miller test in the United States, which considers community standards. Obscene material is not protected by freedom of speech.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/obscenity/"
}

Record 3,498 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.