RECRIMINATION

recrimination (ri-krim-i-nay-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1.Family law. Archaic. In a divorce suit, a

countercharge that the complainant has been guilty of an offense constituting a ground for divorce.

• When both parties to the marriage have committed marital misconduct that would be grounds for

divorce, neither may obtain a fault divorce. Recriminations are now virtually obsolete because of

the prevalence of no-fault divorce. See COMPARATIVE RECTITUDE. Cf. COLLUSION(2);

CONNIVANCE(2); CONDONATION(2).2.Criminal law. An accused person’s counteraccusation

against the accuser. • The accusation may be for the same or a different offense. —

recriminatory,adj. [Blacks Law 8^th]