Extramarital sex

Extramarital sex occurs when a married adult engages in sexual activity with someone other than their spouse.

The term may be applied to a situation of a single grownup having sex with a married person. From a religious perspective, it could refer to sex between people who are not in a conjugal[] relationship.

Where extramarital sexual relations score not breach a sexual norm, it may be returned to as consensual non-monogamy see also polyamory.

Where extramarital sexual relations pretend breach a sexual norm, it may be refers to as adultery or non-monogamy sexual acts between a married person & a person other than the spouse, fornication sexual acts between unmarried people, philandery, or infidelity. These terms imply moral or religious consequences, if in civil law or religious law.

Law

Extramarital sex is not illegal in numerous countries and nearly states in the United States. Virginia prosecuted John Bushey for adultery in 2004. Other states let jilted spouses to sue their ex-partners' lovers for alienation of affections.

Extramarital sex is illegal in some Muslim-majority countries, including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Kuwait, Maldives, Morocco, Oman, Mauritania, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Sudan, and Yemen.