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单词 alienation of affection
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alienation of affection(s)

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alienation of affection(s).
a. In general sense. Withdrawal or removal of affection; loss of affection; an instance of this.
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1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin v. 280 He hoped that this contencion and alienation of affection, growing by no other occasion, would turne it selfe into an other habyt.
1647 Bp. J. Hall Satans Fiery Darts ii. v. 172 Where God smites in anger, those stroakes are followed and accompanied with..a perverse alienation of affection, and a rebellious swelling against God.
1710 J. Ollyffe Pract. Expos. Church-catech. II. ix. 511 Religious Differences being apt..to create Alienation of Affection in Persons.
1792 L. Butterworth Thoughts on Moral Govt. ii. iii. 105 That alienation of affection will eventually produce wrong conduct.
1836 Methodist Mag. Jan. 93 The alienation of affection among the several denominations by the sectarian partialities which so manifestly characterize these productions.
1883 E. C. Mann Man. Psychol. Med. iv. 70 If we find our patient..has become immoral and dissolute, exhibits alienation of affections and neglects his business, all without adequate cause, it is of course easy to determine his insanity.
1919 Pacific Reporter 179 278/2 It is impossible..to attempt to trace the cause of the alienation of affection between mother and daughter.
1958 F. J. Sheen Life of Christ xlix. 449 What seemed an alienation of affection was in reality a deepening of affection.
1989 D. L. Cady From Warism to Pacifism 128 The resulting alienation of affection [in Lysistrata] leads to hilarity.
b. Law (chiefly U.S.). The intentional interference with a marriage by a third party, resulting in the removal of a spouse's conjugal affection and comfort; (also) the removal of a spouse's conjugal affection and comfort in such circumstances. Frequently attributive.Historically, this action was a tort furnishing grounds for a legal action against the third party, but most U.S. states have now abolished such lawsuits.
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c1789 Trial of Conner vs. Atkinson 9 I shall prove to you by the best of all evidence, that this arose from no alienation of affection, but from her bad health, which increased by the scenes that followed.
1833 W. McCoun in C. Edwards Rep. Chancery Cases 1st Circuit N.Y. 1 16 It was offered..with a view to show, an alienation of affection on the part of the defendant towards his wife from the period of his first acquaintance with the object of his adulterous connection.
1867 Pract. Rep. Supreme Court N.Y. 32 145 Does such alienation of affection—such refusal to recognize and receive the plaintiff as her husband, and to live with him as his wife—..constitute a cause of action, when caused as charged in the complaint?
1902 Amer. Lawyer Aug. 339/1 Damages can be obtained now only by proof of pecuniary injury. Alienation of affections suits are on practically the same footing.
1949 M. Mead Male & Female xv. 299 Alienation-of-affection cases between two men, which assume that the woman is a gently pliant lily, ring just as false.
1976 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 18 Feb. d2/6 A suit alleging alienation of affections was filed..yesterday.
2011 Post (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 6 Apr. 3 A Verulam attorney sued her husband's lover, a mother of two, for R200 000 for alienation of affection.
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