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Romeo and Juliet law
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English
Etymology
From the names of the young lovers in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
Noun
Romeo and Juliet law
A law that reduces the penalty for voluntary sexual intercourse that would otherwise be statutory rape, typically where the age gap between the participants is no more than a few years.
en eponyms
en William Shakespeare