Definition of criminal conversation
: adultery considered as a tort
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North Carolina is one of about a half-dozen states that allow lawsuits accusing a cheating spouse’s lover of alienation of affection and criminal conversation.
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First Known Use of criminal conversation
1716
Law Dictionary
criminal conversation
noun
criminal con·ver·sa·tion
legal Definition of criminal conversation
: the tort of committing adultery with another's spouse — compare alienation of affections
Note:
This tort is no longer recognized in most jurisdictions.
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