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criminal conversation

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criminal conversation
n. Law
Adultery.
criminal conversation
n
1. (Law) (formerly) a common law action brought by a husband by which he claimed damages against an adulterer
2. (Law) another term for adultery
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Noun1.criminal conversation - extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"
adultery, fornication
extramarital sex, free love - sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another


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When the husband prosecutes his wife's gallant, if he can produce any proofs of a criminal conversation, he recovers for damages forty cows, forty horses, and forty suits of clothes, and the same number of other things.
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