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English term or phrase:
adultery
English answer:
voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse
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In Scotland in the 1800s, bigamy was more common than divorce, which had been available on the grounds of adultery since 1560.
What adultery stands for here? Cheating or just fornication because I didn't really get how it is "Available"?
Thanks in advance,
What adultery stands for here? Cheating or just fornication because I didn't really get how it is "Available"?
Thanks in advance,
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David Hollywood
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voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse
voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse.
"she was committing adultery with a much younger man"
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divorce, which had been available on the grounds of adultery means you could divorce if adultery was the case
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if you could prove adultery, you could divorce
"she was committing adultery with a much younger man"
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Note added at 28 mins (2021-05-21 02:28:20 GMT)
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divorce, which had been available on the grounds of adultery means you could divorce if adultery was the case
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Note added at 29 mins (2021-05-21 02:29:09 GMT)
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if you could prove adultery, you could divorce
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voluntary sexual intercourse with a person of the opposite sex who is not one's spouse
Adultery: In Scots law, when a married person has voluntary sexual intercourse with a person who is not their spouse. Adultery can only be committed between two people of the opposite sex. Adultery is a fact that can be used in divorce proceedings to establish that a marriage has broken down irretrievably and that decree of divorce should be granted. (See section 1(2)(a), Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976.)
In Scots law, adultery therefore does not include voluntary lesbian or homosexual sexual relations between a married person and someone who is not their spouse.
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In Scots law, adultery therefore does not include voluntary lesbian or homosexual sexual relations between a married person and someone who is not their spouse.
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