Abbreviation of criminal conversation, i.e., adultery. (See CRIMINAL a. 1.)
1770. Foote, Lame Lover, I. Wks. 1799, II. 56. You would not insinuate that she has been guilty of crim. con.?
1803. Southey, Eclogues, ix. His dead father; did no murder; Never sustain’d an action for crim. con.
1858. Ld. St. Leonards, Handy Bk. Prop. Law, xii. 77. The action of crim. con., that disgrace to the nation, has been abolished.
