adultery laws
Cheating spouse regulations
Adultery laws are statutes that criminalize sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their spouse.
Once common throughout the United States and still enforced in some countries, these laws are now rarely prosecuted where they remain on the books: The adultery laws in that state haven't been enforced in decades.
Where still active, penalties range from fines to imprisonment or, in some jurisdictions, corporal punishment.
- marital infidelityCheating within wedlock
- extramarital affairRelationship outside marriage
- cheating spouseUnfaithful marriage partner
- criminal lawStatutes defining punishable offenses
- police investigationsOrganized scrutiny of crimes
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