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CRIMINAL CONVERSATION [2 records]

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Record 1 2025-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Family Law (common law)
DEF

Unlawful sexual intercourse with a married person.

OBS

criminal conversation : Not to be confused with "adultery. ""Criminal conversation" signifies adultery in the aspect of a tort, and the right violated by the tortfeasor is the husband's prerogative to exclusive sexual intercourse with his wife which the law grants as a necessary consequence of the marriage relation.

OBS

criminal conversation : This tort has been abolished in most jurisdictions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
CONT

Nul ne peut intenter une action pour conversation criminelle ou en dommages-intérêts résultant de la conversation criminelle ou de l'adultère.

OBS

conversation criminelle : Ne pas confondre avec «adultère». La conversation criminelle désigne l'adultère compris comme un délit civil dont l'auteur est la tierce-partie qui a eu un rapport sexuel avec une femme mariée. Ce délit a été aboli dans la plupart des ressorts.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho de familia (common law)
DEF

Relación sexual de una pareja cuando uno o ambos están casados con otra persona.

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Record 2 2015-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

Voluntary sexual intercourse between a spouse and any person other than his wife or her husband while the marriage exists.

OBS

In divorce proceedings, adultery committed by the spouse against whom the proceeding is brought may constitute proof that the marriage has irretrievably broken down.

OBS

adultery; advowtry : adultery was formerly a tort actionable by a writ of trespass in an action for criminal conversation, which lay against one who had committed adultery with the plaintiff's wife.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
DEF

Rapport sexuel consensuel d'une personne mariée avec une autre que son conjoint.

OBS

L'adultère de l'un des conjoints est considéré comme un fait permettant d'établir l'échec du mariage dans le cadre du divorce.

OBS

L'adultère était autrefois à l'origine d'un délit connu également sous le nom de conversation criminelle («criminal conversation»), lequel permettait au mari d'intenter une action judiciaire contre l'homme avec lequel son épouse avait commis l'adultère.

OBS

adultère : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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