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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

Adulterous intercourse; sexual intercourse with the wife of another.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

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.