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  2. Adultery laws - Wikipedia

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    Adultery laws are the laws in various countries that deal with extramarital sex.Historically, many cultures considered adultery a very serious crime, some subject to severe punishment, especially in the case of extramarital sex involving a married woman and a man other than her husband, with penalties including capital punishment, mutilation, or torture. [1]

  3. Extramarital sex - Wikipedia

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    Extramarital sex is legal in most jurisdictions, but laws against adultery are more common. In the United States, for example, Virginia prosecuted John Bushey for adultery in 2004. [ 22 ] Other states allow jilted spouses to sue their ex-partners' lovers for alienation of affections .

  4. Adultery - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 January 2025. Type of extramarital sex This article is about the act of adultery or extramarital sex. For other uses, see Adultery (disambiguation). For a broad overview, see Religion and sexuality. Illustration depicting an adulterous wife, circa 1800 Sex and the law Social issues Consent Reproductive ...

  5. After 117 years, adultery on the brink of becoming legal in ...

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    Katharine B. Silbaugh, a law professor at Boston University who co-authored “A Guide to America’s Sex Laws,” said adultery bans were punitive measures aimed at women, intended to discourage ...

  6. Cheating on your spouse is a crime in New York. The 1907 law ...

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    “It’s a joke. This law was someone’s expression of moral outrage.” Katharine B. Silbaugh, a law professor at Boston University who co-authored “A Guide to America’s Sex Laws,” said adultery bans were punitive measures aimed at women, intended to discourage extramarital affairs that could throw a child’s parentage into question.

  7. Michigan legislators hope to repeal 'zombie' laws on sodomy ...

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    Here's the full language for laws on adultery, cohabitation and more: Adultery. "Any person who shall commit adultery shall be guilty of a felony; and when the crime is committed between a married ...

  8. Commonwealth (Adultery) Act (1650) - Wikipedia

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    The Commonwealth (Adultery) Act of May 1650 ("An Act for suppressing the detestable sins of Incest, Adultery and Fornication") was an act of the English Rump Parliament. It imposed the death penalty for incest , and for adultery , that was defined as sexual intercourse between a married woman and a man other than her husband.

  9. Cheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New York ...

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    The state's law appears to have last been used in 2010, against a woman who was caught engaging in a sex act in a park, but the adultery charge was later dropped as part of a plea deal. New York came close to repealing the law in the 1960s after a state commission tasked with evaluating the penal code said it was nearly impossible to enforce.