Conversation

1. The etymological meaning (which see, below) seems to be preserved in the offense termed criminal conversation: adultery regarded as an injury to the husband, entitling him to damages in a civil action.5 The abbreviation " crim. con." has acquired a fixed and universal signification which the courts will take notice of without proof.* The dev^loplnent of the word has been substantially as follows: L. conversation frequent use, habitual abode, intercourse: conversari, to turn to often, to dwell, live with. (1) Manner of living; habits of life; behaving, behavior; conduct; life. 1 Guerin v. Reese, 33 Cal. 297 (1867). = Little Eock, &c. E. Co. u. Eubanks, 48 Ark. 467 33 N. Y. 249. "Story, Agency, § 368; 14 Gray, 446; 52 Pa. 96; 10 Wall. 644. * 2 Bl. Com. 120. ' 3 Bl. Com. 139. ' Gibson v. The Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Cent. Law J. 381 (1877); Same v. Same, 3 Flip. 136 (1877). See Wales As, in the expressions: " of upright conversation; " • " the filthy conversation at the widced," = — ».<;., their lascivious life; "the conversation o£ the wives chaste conversation." ^ (2) Intimate relation, association; companionship; familiar intercourse. (8) Sexual acquaintance; illicit intimacy. 3. Familiar discourse; oral communication. See Communication; Colloquium;