Meaning of crim. con. | Babel Free

Definitions

Criminal conversation.

colloquial, historical, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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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