recrimination

recrimination
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A charge made by an accused person against the accuser; in particular a counter-charge of adultery or cruelty made by one charged with the same offense in a suit for divorce, against the person who has charged him or her.
Under doctrine of "recrimination", if conduct of both husband and wife has been such as to furnish grounds for divorce neither is entitled to relief. Mason v. Mason, 276 Ala. 265, 160 So.2d 881, 882.
A showing by the defendant of any cause of divorce against the plaintiff, in bar of the plaintiffs cause of divorce. And to bar divorce, complainant's misconduct need not be of equal degree with that of defendant, but must be of same general character. The defense of recrimination has been abolished in many states with the enactment of "no-fault" divorce statutes

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • recrimination — index answer (judicial response), charge (accusation), condemnation (blame), contention (opposition), denunciation …   Law dictionary

  • recrimination — (n.) 1610s, from Fr. récrimination, from M.L. recriminationem, from recriminari (see RECRIMINATE (Cf. recriminate)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Recrimination — Re*crim i*na tion ( n? sh?n), n. [F. r[ e]crimination, LL. recriminatio.] The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation. [1913 Webster] Accusations and recriminations passed backward and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Recrimination — Recrimination, recriminiren, lat. deutsch, eine Beleidigung in Worten in gleicher Weise erwidern …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • recrimination — Recrimination. s. f. v. Accusation, reproche, injure, pour respondre à une autre accusation, un autre reproche, une autre injure …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • recrimination — ► NOUN (usu. recriminations) ▪ an accusation in response to one from someone else. ORIGIN Latin, from recriminari accuse in return …   English terms dictionary

  • Recrimination — In law, recrimination is a defense in an action for divorce in which the accused party makes a similar accusation against the plaintiff. In plain English, it is a lawyer s way of saying you too. Recrimination was generally considered by family… …   Wikipedia

  • recrimination — UK [rɪˌkrɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms recrimination : singular recrimination plural recriminations a) [uncountable] a situation in which people are accusing or criticizing each other attempts to end years of bitter recrimination b)… …   English dictionary

  • recrimination — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin recrimination , recriminatio, from recriminare to make a retaliatory charge, from Latin re + criminari to accuse more at criminate Date: circa 1611 a retaliatory accusation; also the making of such accusations …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • RÉCRIMINATION — s. f. Accusation, reproche, injure tendante à repousser une autre accusation, un autre reproche, une autre injure. Tout ce qu il dit contre moi n est qu une récrimination. Vous ne dites cela que par récrimination. Ce ne sont là que des… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

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