lenocinium (lee-noh-sin-ee-[schwa]m), n. [Latin “pandering, brothel-keeping”] 1. Roman law. The crime of prostituting for gain. 2. Roman & Scots law. A husband’s scheming in his wife’s adultery, as by encouraging another man to seduce her. • The wife could assert this claim as a defense in a divorce action brought by the husband.
regime (r[schwa]-zheemor ray-zheem). 1. A system of rules, regulations, or government (the community-property regime). 2. A particular administration or government, esp. an authoritarian one. — Also spelled régime. international regime. A set of norms of behavior and rules and policies that cover international issues and that facilitate substantive or procedural arrangements among countries. legal regime.
parapherna (par-[schwa]-f[schwa]r-n[schwa]), n. [Greek “things brought on the side”] 1. Roman law. Property of a wife not forming part of her dowry. See DOS(1). 2. Scots law. A married woman’s personal property, such as clothing, jewelry, and intimate possessions, which a husband did not acquire by virtue of marriage. See JUS MARITI.
jus relicti (j[schwa]s ri-lik-tI), n. [Law Latin “right of a widower”] Civil & Scots law. A widower’s right in his deceased wife’s separate movable estate, historically two-thirds if there were surviving children, and otherwise one-half. Under the Married Women’s Property Act of 1881, the amount became one-third in the case of surviving children, and otherwise
criminal conversation. Archaic. A tort action for adultery, brought by a husband against a third party who en-gaged in sexual intercourse with his wife. • Criminal conversation has been abolished in most jurisdictions. — Abbr. crim. con. See HEARTBALM STATUTE. [Cases: Husband and Wife 340–354.] “An action (whether of trespass or case is uncertain, but
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polygyny (p[schwa]-lij-[schwa]-nee). The condition or practice of having more than one wife at the same time. Cf. POLYANDRY. [Cases: Bigamy 1. C.J.S. Bigamy §§ 2–6, 8.]
faeder-feoh (fah-th[schwa]r-fee). Hist. Property brought by a wife to her husband at marriage. • If the husband died, the property reverted to the widow if the heir of the deceased husband refused consent to her second marriage. The property reverted to the widow’s family if she returned to them.
donatio propter nuptias (doh-nay-shee-oh prahp-t[schwa]r n[schwa]p-shee-[ schwa]s). [Latin “a gift on account of marriage”] Roman law. A gift from a husband to his wife equivalent to her dowry and subject to similar conditions. • It was formerly called donatio ante nuptias (“gift before marriage”) because it was not allowed after the marriage celebration. Justinian later
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The individual property of one of two persons who stand in a marital or business relationship. See SEPARATE PROPERTY. [Cases: Husband and Wife 110–202.]
Alimony designed to repay a spouse who during the marriage made financial contribu-tions that directly enhanced the future earning capacity of the other spouse. • An example is alimony for a wife who worked full-time supporting herself and her husband with separate-property earnings while he earned a medical degree. [Cases: Divorce 231. C.J.S. Divorce §§
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