lenocinium


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lenocinium

connivance or furtherance by a husband of a wife's adultery. It is a defence available to the wife. In Scots family law, it describes the situation where a spouse seeking a divorce is refused decree because that spouse encouraged the adultery complained of
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The vicar of Woodkirk, Yorkshire, successfully sued a man for saying he had "fostered lechery" (fovebat lenocinium) in his household by sheltering an adulterous priest.
Suits make the man: masculinity in two english law courts, c. 1500
If he was aware of his wife's adulterous affairs but failed to take legal action against her, he could face charges of pandering (lenocinium).
The boy as metaphor the hermeneutics of homoerotic desire in Tibullus 1.9

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