CONNIVANCE

connivance (k<<schwa>>-nI-v<<schwa>>nts), n.1. The act of indulging or ignoring another’s wrongdoing, esp. when action should be taken to prevent it. 2.Family law. As a defense to divorce, one spouse’s corrupt consent, express or implied, to have the other commit adultery or some other act of sexual misconduct. • Consent is an essential element of connivance. The complaining spouse must have consented to the act complained of. [Cases: Divorce  45. C.J.S. Divorce § 85.] Cf. COLLUSION(2); CONDONATION (2); RECRIMINATION. — connive (k<<schwa>>-nIv), vb. [Blacks Law 8th]