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Look up: bigamy

  1. bigamy
    [n] - having more than one spouse at a time 2. [n] - the offense of having two or more wives or husbands living at the same time
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. bigamy
    In law, the offence of marrying a person while already lawfully married to another. In some countries marriage to more than one wife or husband is lawful. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Bigamy
    Big'a·my noun [ Middle English bigamie , from Latin bigamus twice married; bis twice + Greek ... marriage; probably akin to Skt. jāmis related, and Latin gemini twins, the root meaning to bind ,...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/50

  4. bigamy
    noun the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. bigamy
    noun having two spouses at the same time
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Bigamy
    • (n.) The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. bigamy
    bigamy 1. Marriage with a second wife or husband during the lifetime of the first; the crime of having two wives or husbands at the same time. 2. The crime of marrying someone while being legally married to someone else. 3. In law, the criminal offense of willfully and knowingly contracting a second...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. bigamy
    • having more than one spouse at a time
    • the offense of having two or more wives or husbands living at the same time

    Found on

  9. bigamy
    bigamy (bi'gumē) , crime of marrying during the continuance of a lawful marriage. Bigamy is not committed if a prior marriage has been terminated by a divorce or a decree of nullity of marriage. In the United States if a husband or wife is absent and unheard of for seven (or in some states...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  10. Bigamy
    Criminal offense of having two or more wives or husbands at the same time.
    Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def/b024.htm

  11. Bigamy
    (n) Bigamy is the practice of having more than one living spouse at a time. when one party to a marriage is legally married and not separated legally , then the second marriage is bigamous and hence void.
    Found on http://www.legal-explanations.com/defini

  12. bigamy
    In law, the offence of marrying a person while already lawfully married to another. In some countries marriage to more than one wife or husband is lawful; see also polygamy
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  13. Bigamy
    In cultures that practice marital monogamy, `bigamy` is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another.--> In countries that have bigamy laws, consent from a prior spouse makes no difference to the legality of the second marriage, which is usually consider...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigamy



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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