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The tort of seduction was a civil wrong or tort in common law legal systems, and still exists in some jurisdictions.
Originally, it allowed an unmarried woman's father - or other person employing her services - to sue for the loss of these services, when she became pregnant and could no longer perform them.[1] Over time, the tort was altered, so that instead, it would be used by an unmarried woman to sue on the grounds of seduction to obtain damages from her seducer, if her consent to sex was based upon his misrepresentation.[2]
Breach of promise was a similar, but not identical, tort that was used frequently in similar situations in the past, but has now been abolished in most jurisdictions.[3]
- ^ "FindLaw Legal Blogs - FindLaw". Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Posner, Richard (1994). Sex and Reason. p. 81. ISBN 0-674-80279-9.
The tort of seduction allows an unmarried woman (formerly her father or other guardian), usually but not always a virgin, to obtain damages from her seducer, provided that he made misrepresentations to obtain her consent to sex.
- ^ Sinclair, M B (March 1987). "Seduction and the Myth of the Ideal Woman". Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality. 5 (1): 40.