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- noun Something that soothes a person's
fears oremotions .
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Examples
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Note 42: Heck's case against Schupp led the Supreme Court of Illinois to overturn the state's 1935 anti-heartbalm statute, outlawing alienation of affections, criminal conversation, and breach of promise to marry lawsuits.
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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And a bit nervous as only a lawyer living in one of only six (five?) states that still haven't abolished heartbalm actions can be.
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Compare the elements of the heartbalm torts with such “property” torts as conversion.
The Volokh Conspiracy » My Torts Class, and Alienation of Affections: 2009
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Alas, there is a case to be made that if you believe that there is intrinsic value in protecting marriage and preventing no-fault interference in relationships by socundrels, and once you stop treating it as a property offense, maybe these heartbalm torts actually could be socially useful.
The Volokh Conspiracy » My Torts Class, and Alienation of Affections: 2009
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There were wounds that wanted healing with heartbalm.
Ulysses 2003
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There were wounds that wanted healing with heartbalm.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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One attorney told ABCNews the lawsuit is a heartbalm case.
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One attorney told ABCNews the lawsuit is a heartbalm case.
brtom commented on the word heartbalm
"There were wounds that wanted healing with heartbalm. "
Joyce, Ulysses, 13
January 14, 2007