Kentucky Statutes 233.040 – Injunction proceedings to be instituted against persons convicted of keeping house of prostitution
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(1) If any person is convicted in any court of this state of maintaining a house of prostitution, the county attorney or prosecuting attorney of the court in which the conviction has occurred shall, or any citizen of the state may, institute injunction proceedings against that person in a court of equity.
(2) The judgment of conviction shall be warrant for the court of equity issuing an injunction against that person and the premises used as a house of prostitution.
Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 3941m-11.
(2) The judgment of conviction shall be warrant for the court of equity issuing an injunction against that person and the premises used as a house of prostitution.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 233.040
- Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- house of prostitution: means any building, erection or other place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution. See Kentucky Statutes 233.010
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 3941m-11.