Connivance

{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001191",
  "term": "Connivance",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The act of secretly cooperating or being involved in an illegal or wrongful act, often by passively assenting to it. In family law, it historically referred to a spouse's consent to or encouragement of the other spouse's adultery, which could bar a divorce claim. It implies a degree of complicity or foreknowledge without direct participation.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/connivance/"
}