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Latin. For an immoral consideration. An obligation which has been granted on account of an immoral consideration, as, for example, a bond or bill granted as the price of prostitution, cannot be enforced. No action or diligence can be maintained on such a bond or bill, and that whether the consideration appear ex facie of the obligation or not. There is a distinction drawn between an obligation granted as the price of prostitution, and one granted subsequent to such a connection as a provision due in honor and justice to a young woman who has been seduced ; the latter may be enforced ...