Seduction

Seduction in Delict is "Securing a Connection" that is not properly obtained. In more modern terms, it is engaging in a sexual encounter through Fraud, Deceit, or a dominating influence.

Case law
A key case in the law on Seduction is Murray v Fraser where Fraser (1916), a 30 year old male, seduced the daughter of a friend who was 15, by promising no harm would come to her.


 * The defender, in order to overcome the pursuer's will and gain access to her person, [falsely and fraudulently] told her that she need not be frightened, and that anything he would do would not do her any harm. The defender obtained 2 connexions with her. The pursuer fell pregnant. [The pursuer was entirely ignorant of the sexual relations, and she believed the false and fraudulent assurances given to her by the defender as above stated, and in reliance thereon allowed the defender to have carnal connexion with her on the said occasion. The defender thereby seduced the pursuer.

Reid v Macfarlane (1919) explored the law from a dominating influence perspective.