crim. con.

See also: crim con

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crim. con. (uncountable)

  1. (law, colloquial, now historical) Criminal conversation.
    • 1824, Lord Byron, Don Juan, XV.84:
      And then he had good looks;—that point was carried
      Nem. con. amongst the women, which I grieve
      To say leads oft to crim. con. with the married—
      A case which to the juries we may leave.
    • 1999, Kirsten Olsen, Daily Life in 18th Century England:
      In fact, it was not unknown for husbands and wives to collude in the wife's adultery, either to collect a large crim. con. settlement or to secure a divorce.
    • 2012, Catherine Peters, “Feminist Fatale”, in Literary Review, section 403:
      If she was unfaithful, a civil action for ‘crim con’ could be brought by her husband to assert his property rights over her and obtaion financial redress for infringement of them.
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