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‖ vera copula Law.|ˈvɛərə ˈkɒpjʊlə|
[L., lit. ‘true union’.]
Sexual intercourse; coitus requiring erection and penetration.
1845J. E. P. Robertson Rep. Cases Argued & Determined in Ecclesiastical Courts at Doctors' Commons I. i. 299 If there be a reasonable probability that the lady can be made capable of a vera copula—of the natural sort of coitus, though without power of conception, I cannot pronounce this marriage void. 1945Times Law Rep. LXI. 526/2 It is well established that there must be what Dr. Lushington referred to as vera copula. 1961Times 30 June 5/4 The question was whether the fact that the wife would have an artificial vagina would prevent sexual intercourse achieved by such means from constituting, in law, vera copula. 1971Rayden on Divorce (ed. 11) I. vi. 156 Sexual intercourse or consummation is sometimes referred to as vera copula. |