alienation of affections
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of alienation of affections
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Under the "alienation of affections" law, a plaintiff must prove the marriage was happy before a third party intervened.
From Fox News • Oct. 5, 2019
Only last week did Playwright MacArthur's first wife, a Chicago newspaper woman, drop her alienation of affections suit against Actress Hayes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Samples: From gross income you may exclude alimony, damages collected for breach of promise, alienation of affections, libel or slander.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Atlanta, a woman suing another for alienation of affections alleged that "although the defendant's countenance strongly resembles that of a starved and perished 'possum of the Chattahoochee River Valley, she possesses a peculiar cunning."
From Time Magazine Archive
For some one to spit on you, foretells disagreements and alienation of affections.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman
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