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connivance

 
Dictionary: con·niv·ance  con·niv·ence (kə-nī'vəns) pronunciation
also n.
  1. The act of conniving.
  2. Law. Knowledge of and tacit consent to the commission of an illegal act by another.

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also connivence

noun

    A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: cabal, collusion, conspiracy, intrigue, machination, plot, scheme. See crimes, planned/unplanned.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The furtive consent of one person to cooperate with another in the commission of an unlawful act or crime—such as an employer's agreement not to withhold taxes from the salary of an employee who wants to evade federal income tax. The false consent that a plaintiff gave to a defendant's past conduct during their marriage which the plaintiff presently alleges as a ground for divorce.

Connivance has been used as a defense primarily in an action for divorce based upon adultery. In situations where connivance is used, the facts must establish that the plaintiff either consented or knowingly acquiesced to the adulterous conduct of the spouse or created the opportunity for adultery by persuading someone to seduce the spouse. It is considered a logical extension of the equitable maxim of clean hands in that it would be unfair to permit a plaintiff to obtain judicial relief for a situation which he or she created. Practically speaking, however, connivance is rarely asserted as a defense. The modern trend in divorce laws is that there is little benefit to continuing a marital relationship between partners so indifferent to each other that they consent to a serious violation of their marital vows.

The defense of connivance cannot be asserted in an action based upon a state's no-fault divorce laws.

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A legal finding of connivance may be made when an accuser has assisted in the act about which they are complaining. In some legal jurisdictions, and for certain behaviors, it may prevent the accuser from prevailing.

For example, if someone were to entice their spouse to commit adultery, they might be blocked (or estopped) from divorcing their spouse on grounds of that adultery.

Connivance is the act of conniving or conspiring, especially with the knowledge of and active or passive consent to wrongdoing or a twist in truth to make something appear as something it is not.


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - medviden, stiltiende forståelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
medeplichtigheid, stilzwijgende toestemming

Français (French)
n. - connivence

Deutsch (German)
n. - stillschweigendes Einverständnis

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παθητική συνεργασία, συνενοχή, συμπαιγνία, ανοχή

Italiano (Italian)
connivenza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - conivência (f)

Русский (Russian)
потворство, попустительство

Español (Spanish)
n. - connivencia, consentimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tyst medgivande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
默许, 纵容

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 默許, 縱容

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 못본 체함, 간과

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 黙過, 黙認

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تغاضي عن, تستر على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיתוף פעולה, העלמת עין‬


 
 

 

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