Connivance

Connivance and consent

Connivance and consent, Connivance means consent. The plea of consent is one thing: the fact that connivance means consent (assuming that it does) is quite another. Connivance may in certain situations amount to consent, which explains why the dictionaries give 'consent' as one of the meanings of the word 'connivance' Consent implies that parties are ad idem. Connivance does not necessarily imply that parties are of one mind, Charan Lal Sahu v. Giani Zail Singh, AIR 1984 SC 309 (316): (1984) 1 SCC 390. [Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act, 1952, s. 18(1)(a)]...

Connivance, consent, express or implied, by one spouse to the adultery of the other. If a petitioner be found guilty of connivance, the Court will not decree dissolution of the marriage, (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 172, replacing (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (c. 85), ss. 29, 30....

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 ...

connive

connive con·nived con·niv·ing [Latin con(n)ivere to close one's eyes, knowingly overlook something] : to assent knowingly and wrongfully without opposition to another's wrongdoing ;specif : to knowingly consent to a spouse's marital misconduct and esp. to adultery ...

Connivent

Forbearing to see designedly inattentive as connivent justice...

Conniver

One who connives...

Connive

Connive, means that a person is aware of what is going on, turns a blind eye and does nothing about it, Huckerby v. Elliott, (1940) 1 All ER 189....

Connivance

Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing voluntary oversight passive consent or cooumlperation...

Connivency

Connivance...

Accessory to adultery

Accessory to adultery, a phrase used in the law of divorce, and derived from the criminal law. It implies more than connivance, which is merely knowledge with consent. A conniver abstains from interference, an accessory directly commands, advises, or procures the adultery. A husband or wife who has been accessory to the adultery ofthe other party to the marriage cannot obtain a divorce on the ground of such adultery, (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. C. 85), ss. 29, 31. See Browne on Divorce....

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