See FORNICATION.—Lewdness is punishable by our law by fine, imprisonment, &c. And Mich. 15 Car. II. a person was indicted for open lewdness, in showing his naked body in a balcony, and other misdemeanors; and was fined 2000 merks, imprisoned for a week, and bound to his good behaviour for three years. 1 Sid. 168. In times past, when any man granted a lease of his house, it was usual to insert an express covenant, that the tenant should not entertain any lewd women, &c.