crim. con.

alternative crim con

1. colloquialhistoricaluncountablelawCriminal conversation.

   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.

   1999, Kirsten Olsen, Daily Life in 18th Century England

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   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.

   1824, Lord Byron, Don Juan, XV.84

   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.

   2012, Catherine Peters, “Feminist Fatale”, in Literary Review, section 403