criminal conversation

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Noun

criminal conversation (uncountable)

(law) Unlawful sexual intercourse with a married person; adultery; a common law tort arising from adultery, abolished in many jurisdictions.
- 1789, Adultery: The Trial of Mr. William Atkinson, Linen-Draper, of Cheapside for Criminal Conversation with Mrs. Conner, page 1,
  It then charged the defendant, William Atkinſon, with having ſeduced the plaintiff's wife, and with having had criminal converſation with her.
- 1809, The Trial of the Right Honorable Lord Paget, for Criminal Conversation with Lady Charlotte Wellesley, page 28,
  Gentlemen of the Jury, This is an action for a compensation by damages, in consequence of a criminal conversation with the Plaintiff's wife, the circumstances of which are more serious and more painful than any I ever met with.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 77:
  The main object now was not necessarily to punish or even to prevent immorality, but to improve the law of divorce and to restrict private suits for ‘criminal conversation’.

Synonyms

crim. con.

单词	criminal conversation
释义	criminal conversation English Noun criminal conversation (uncountable) (law) Unlawful sexual intercourse with a married person; adultery; a common law tort arising from adultery, abolished in many jurisdictions. 1789, Adultery: The Trial of Mr. William Atkinson, Linen-Draper, of Cheapside for Criminal Conversation* with Mrs. Conner, page 1, It then charged the defendant, William Atkinſon, with having ſeduced the plaintiff's wife, and with having had criminal converſation* with her. 1809, The Trial of the Right Honorable Lord Paget, for Criminal Conversation* with Lady Charlotte Wellesley, page 28, Gentlemen of the Jury, This is an action for a compensation by damages, in consequence of a criminal conversation* with the Plaintiff's wife, the circumstances of which are more serious and more painful than any I ever met with. 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 77: The main object now was not necessarily to punish or even to prevent immorality, but to improve the law of divorce and to restrict private suits for ‘criminal conversation’. Synonyms crim. con. See also alienation of affections breach of promise
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criminal conversation

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