Criminal Conversation
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Crim. Con."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Crim. Con.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Adultery, considered in its aspect of a civil injury to the husband entitling him to damages; the tort of debauching or seducing of a wife. Often abbreviated to crim. con.
Defined under Criminal in Black's Law Dictionary.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Adultery. Criminal information: v. Liformation. Criminal Appeal, Court of: v. Court, 49. Croft A small piece of land by a dwelling-liouse. Cross bilL A bill relating to a suit in equity, Vought by the defendant in the previous suit against the plaintiff or other parties. Cross examination: the examination of a witness by the party opposed to the party producing him, to test the truth of his evidence given in chief. Cross remainders: when each of two or more grantees of an estate, usually tenants in common, has reciprocally a remainder in the shares of the others.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Adultery; unlawful intercourse with a wife.