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alienation of affection
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alienation of affection
n. Law
The wrongful or injurious act of interfering with an affectionate relationship so that one person loses affection for the other.
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Noun1.alienation of affection - a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excusealienation of affection - a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse
civil wrong, tort - (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
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Causes of action can sometimes be eliminated, as has happened in many jurisdictions for torts such as alienation of affections and criminal conversation.
Tort law for federalists (and the rest of US): private law in disguise by Goldberg, John C.P. / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
19) The court reasoned that allowing this claim "would be tantamount to allowing a claim for seduction, alienation of affections, or criminal conversation to proceed under less strict standards than required by statute for actions of this type, merely by virtue of the fact that the parties involved happened to have met in the context of a legal relationship.
Attorney-client sex: too close for comfort? by Braud, Andree M. / Trial
Awards have been held to be excludible in actions based on emotional distress, injury to reputation, sex, age or race discrimination, wrongful termination, alienation of affections and wrongful death.
Severance payments as personal injury awards by Dunn, Bill / The Tax Adviser
 
 
 
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