{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-4-112","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-4-112","heading":"Defense when ground is adultery","body":"If the cause assigned for the divorce is adultery, it is a good defense and perpetual bar to the same if the defendant alleges and proves that:\n(1) The complainant has been guilty of like act or crime;\n(2) The complainant has admitted the defendant into conjugal society and embraces after knowledge of the criminal act;\n(3) The complainant, if the husband, allowed the wife's prostitutions and received hire for them; or\n(4) The husband exposed the wife to lewd company, whereby the wife became ensnared to the act or crime of adultery.","path":["TN Code","Title 36","Chapter 4"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"754fe15ee71e49a94ee8a59b4bb4dd00bd2aa969817dc0f2a5fcb361537b9631","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-4-111","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-4-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}