adultery
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In July 2025, Mrs. Paxton filed for divorce “on biblical grounds,” meaning adultery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Gbagbo hit back at her husband - through her lawyer, she accused Laurent of "blatant and well-known adultery" and "abandonment of the marital home".
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
Fault-based divorce, on the other hand, requires the partner seeking the divorce to provide evidence of their spouse's wrongdoing on specific grounds that also vary state-to-state, including cruelty, adultery, intemperance and abandonment.
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2024
A weakness that emerged in no-fault is that fault-based divorces with evidence of abuse or adultery theoretically gave some power to the woman, who was usually the “injured party,” says Higdon.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024
I never mentioned the previously familiar subjects of adultery and fornication, and I never mentioned immoral evils.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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