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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 27-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="27-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Assignation.">The term “assignation” shall be construed to include:<para num="(1)">the making of any appointment or engagement for prostitution or lewdness; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">any act in furtherance of such appointment or engagement.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Lewdness.">The term “lewdness” shall be construed to mean any unnatural sexual practice.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Prostitution.">The term “prostitution” shall be construed to mean the offering or receiving of the body for sexual intercourse for hire.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Public place.">“Public place” means:<para num="(1)">any street, sidewalk, bridge, or alley or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot, or transportation facility; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">a motor vehicle in or on any such place.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §58A(b)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 77-434</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 79-1131</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
