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Criminal conversation, adultery. See ADULTERY. The action for this (called crim. Con.) was nominally abolished by the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85), s. 59; but s. 33 [replaced by the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 189] gives a husband the right to claim damages from adulterer, either in a petition for dissolution of marriage or for judicial separation,or in a petition limited to that object; and the damages claimed must be assessed by a jury upon the same principles and rules as were formerly applicable to the trial of actions for criminal conversation, and the Court may direct that they be settled for the benefit of the children of the marriage or as a provision for the wife...
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. ...
conversion
conversion 1 a : the act of changing from one form or use to another b : the act of exchanging one kind of property for another ;esp : the act of exchanging preferred stocks or bonds for shares of common stock of the same company usually at a preset ratio or price and at a preset time equitable conversion : the constructive conversion of real property into personal property esp. as a result of a contract for sale of land or testamentary instructions to sell real estate and divide the proceeds NOTE: Equitable conversion is a legal fiction under which the seller of a real property becomes, upon the execution of a contract for the sale of the property, the owner of personal property in the form of legal title to the property that secures payment of the purchase price. The purchaser is deemed to be the holder of equitable title in and owner of the real property, having the rights and being subject to the liabilities that attend that status. In the case of a will in which a property ...
Conversion
Conversion, with its grammatical variations, includes alteration or change of whatever nature. [Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 (42 of 1991), s. 2 (b)]--Where a man who is, lawfully or unlawfully, in possession of the goods of another deals with them in a manner which is inconsistent with the dominion of the owner over them, he is guilty of a conversion. It must be 'an unauthorized act which deprives another of his property permanently or for an indefinite time', Hiort v. Bott, (1874) LR 9 Ex 89. The taking possession of the goods of another is a trespass, as distinct from a conversion, though the latter term is often used to include both. Refusal to restore the goods is prima facie sufficient evidence of a conversion, though it does not amount to a conversion, 10 Rep. 56. See Fouldes v. Willoughby, (1841) 8 M&W 540; Hollins v. Fowler, (1875) LR 7 HL 757; Union Credit Bank Cases, (1899) 2 QB 205; Clerk and Lindsell on Torts, 7th ed., ch. xi.; and TROVER....
alienation of affections
alienation of affections :the diversion of a person's affection from someone (as a spouse) who has certain rights or claims to such affection usu. to a third person who is held to be the instigator or cause of the diversion called also alienation of affection compare criminal conversation NOTE: In most jurisdictions alienation of affections is no longer recognized as a basis for a civil suit. ...
Co-respondent
Co-respondent, the man charged with adultery. The (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 177,enacts that on a petition for divorce presented by the husband or in the answer of a husband praying for divorce, the petitioner or respondent, as the case may be, shall make the alleged adulterer a co-respondent unless he is excused by the Court on special grounds from so doing. On a petition for divorce presented by the wife the Court may, if it thinks fit, direct that the person with whom the husband is alleged to have committed adultery be made a respondent.By s. 189, the husband may claim damages from any person on the ground of adultery with the wife; and the claim for damages shall, subject to the provisions of any enactment, relating to trial by jury in the court, be tried on the same principles and manner as actions for criminal conversation were tried before the commencement of the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (partly repealed), and the provision of that Act with reference to th...
Legruita
Legruita, a fine for criminal conversation with a woman, Old. Records....
conversion clause
conversion clause a provision in some ARMs allowing it to change to a fixed-rate loan at some point during the term. Usually conversions are allowed at the end of the first adjustment period. At the time of the conversion, the new fixed rate is generally set at one of the rates then prevailing for fixed rate mortgages. There may be additional cost for this clause. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Conversational
Pertaining to conversation in the manner of one conversing as a conversational style...
Conversion and detinue
Conversion and detinue, a conversion is an act of wilful interference, without lawful justification, with any chattel in a manner inconsistent with the right of another, whereby that other is deprived of the use and possession of it. If a carrier or other bailee wrongfully and mistakenly delivers the chattel to the wrong person or refuses to deliver it to the right person, he can be sued as for a conversion. The action of detinue is based upon a wrongful detention of the plaintiff's chattel by the defendant, evidence by a refusal to deliver it upon demand and the redress claimed is not damages for the wrong but the return of the chattel or its value. If a bailee unlawfully or negligently loses or parts with possession he cannot get rid of his contractual liability to restore the bailor's property on the termination of the bailment and if he fails to do, he may be sued in detinue, Dhian Singh Sobha Singh v. Union of India, AIR 1958 SC 274 (278)....
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