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criminal conversation

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An act of adultery that gives rise to a cause of action on the part of the injured spouse.

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  • noun law Unlawful sexual intercourse with a married person; adultery.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations

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  • HASDAY: The joke about criminal conversation is that it's not criminal, and it's not conversation. That's how you can remember it.BERAS: That's good.HASDAY: It's not criminal. It's not conversation.BERAS: It's sex. That's what it is - just sex. Essentially, you had sex with my wife. It was often the husband suing.

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