| 单词 | criminal conversation |
| 释义 | > as lemmascriminal conversation criminal conversation n. unlawful sexual intercourse with a married person, adultery; a tort action based on this (cf. conversation n. 3); abbreviated crim. con.Criminal conversation was abolished in England in 1857, but remains a cause of action in several U.S. jurisdictions. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > legal aspect of adultery criminal conversation1716 crim. con.1730 1716 D. Manley Secret Mem. (new ed.) I. 91 If he had any criminal Conversation with my Mother, he took the utmost Pains to conceal the least Appearance of it from me. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 139 Adultery, or criminal conversation with a man's wife. 1892 F. Pollock On Torts (ed. 3) 210 Against an adulterer the husband had an action at common law, commonly known as an action of criminal conversation. 1991 Tennessean 16 Apr. ii. 3/3 The tort of criminal conversation was first recognized by the Tennessee appellate courts in 1931. < as lemmas |
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