heart balm

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• heart balm — noun : compensation for breach of promise to marry or alienation of affections two days after the marriage … was sued by another woman for two hundred thousand dollars heart balm Carey McWilliams …   Useful english dictionary

• heart balm acts — Statutes that abrogate or restrict lawsuits brought by individuals who seek pecuniary damages to salve their broken hearts. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. heart balm acts St …   Law dictionary

• heart balm statutes — State statutes abolishing right of action for alienation of affections, breach of promise to marry, criminal conversation, and seduction of person over legal age of consent …   Black's law dictionary

• heart balm statutes — State statutes abolishing right of action for alienation of affections, breach of promise to marry, criminal conversation, and seduction of person over legal age of consent …   Black's law dictionary

• heart balm statutes — Legislation abolishing the right of action for breach of promise to marry. 12 Am J2d Breach P § 18 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• To make the heart bleed — Bleed Bleed, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bleeding}.] [OE. bleden, AS. bl?dan, fr. bl?d blood; akin to Sw. bl[ o]da, Dan. bl[ o]de, D. bloeden, G. bluten. See {Blood}.] 1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• engagement to marry — A promise or undertaking by a man to marry a woman, for breach of which, formerly, there was a cause of action in many jurisdictions. These actions today have lost favor and are not available in most states. Such actions were called heart balm… …   Black's law dictionary

• engagement to marry — A promise or undertaking by a man to marry a woman, for breach of which, formerly, there was a cause of action in many jurisdictions. These actions today have lost favor and are not available in most states. Such actions were called heart balm… …   Black's law dictionary

• alienation — /eyl(i)yaneyshan/ In real property law, the transfer of the property and possession of lands, tenements, or other things, from one person to another. The term is particularly applied to absolute conveyances of real property. The voluntary and… …   Black's law dictionary

• criminal conversation — Sexual intercourse of an outsider with husband or wife, or a breaking down of the covenant of fidelity. Tort action based on adultery, considered in its aspect of a civil injury to the husband or wife entitling him or her to damages; the tort of… …   Black's law dictionary

• alienation — /eyl(i)yaneyshan/ In real property law, the transfer of the property and possession of lands, tenements, or other things, from one person to another. The term is particularly applied to absolute conveyances of real property. The voluntary and… …   Black's law dictionary