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misconduct

: deliberate or wanton violation of standards of conduct by a government official b : wrongful behavior (as adultery) by a spouse that leads to the dissolution of the marriage c : an attorney's violation of the

ground

city on the that the city…had wrongfully released…records "City of Lawton v. Moore, 868 P.2d 690 (1993)"] [listed adultery and alcoholism as the s for divorce] 2 : a piece or parcel of land [the design being

fornication

single woman who are not married to each other ;also : the crime of engaging in fornication compare adultery NOTE: Where still considered a crime, fornication is classified as a misdemeanor.

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criminal conversation

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.

corespondent

corespondent 1 : a joint respondent 2 : a person named as guilty of adultery with the defendant in a divorce suit

connive

without opposition to another's wrongdoing ;specif : to knowingly consent to a spouse's marital misconduct and esp. to adultery

connivance

connivance : the act of conniving esp. with regard to a spouse's marital misconduct (as adultery) ;also : a defense to a charge of marital misconduct in a divorce proceeding compare condonation

condonation

of an offense ;specif : express or implied and usually conditional forgiveness of a spouse's marital wrong (as adultery or cruelty)

adulterous

adulterous : relating to, characterized by, or given to adultery adul·ter·ous·ly adv

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Dote sua careat, nisi sponsi sponte retracta A woman leaving her husband of her own accord, and committing adultery, loses her dower, unless her husband takes her back of his own accord.

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