The common law denied wives any action for criminal conversation

Evidence

At common law the wife had no cause of action against a woman for alienating the affections of her husband or for the act of adultery committed with him known by the technical name of an action for criminal conversation. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 1262

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rape of black women was not a crime under slavery law — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 108

Broader Connections

• Rape of black women was not a crime under slavery law #expands (0.75) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 108