(civil law, Louisiana, Philippines) Any conduct by a person intended to create, modify, transfer, preserve, or extinguish a right, obligation, or legal relationship.

(US, law) A federal law passed in 1910 prohibiting transportation of women across state lines for immoral purposes.

Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman.

simple past tense and past participle of play-act

plural of play-acting

The acting of a play or plays; the occupation of an actor; dramatic performance.

present participle of play-act

Alternative form of play the fool

(US, law, transitive, intransitive) To invoke the Baker Act, i.e., the involuntary institutionalization and examination of an individual in the state of Florida, or (by extension) elsewhere in the United States.

plural of act curtain