heart balm

A class of common law love crimes largely extinct but that generally would be awesome to be convicted of. Includes breach of a promise to marry, seduction of an unmarried female (sex under false pretenses of marriage), alienation of affections (persuading a married person to hate their spouse), criminal conversion (civil tort of adultery), and jactitation of marriage (pretending to be married to someone you're not).

Nick became eminently more popular after being convicted of heart balm for seducing Aaron's mom.

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