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1) Espousing crime 2) French word used in English 3) Grounds for annulment, often 4) Marital excess 5) Marriage 6) Marriage crime 7) Marriage-related crime 8) Matrimony 9) Multi-spouse crime 10) Spousal relationship 11) Two rites making a wrong 12) Union 13) Wedlock
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- having more than one spouse at a time
- the offense of having two or more wives or husbands living at the same time
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In cultures that practice marital monogamy, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another. Bigamy is a crime in most western countries, and when it occurs in this context often neither the first nor second spouse is aware of the other. In countries that have bigamy laws, consent from a prior s...
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• (n.) The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another.
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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. ...
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(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.
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marrying a second wife/husband while the first was still living (divorces permitting remarriage could only be granted by private Acts of Parliament); a *felony
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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 ,
join : confer French
bigamie . Co...
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Criminal offense of having two or more wives or husbands at the same time.
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The condition of having two spouses at the same time. A marriage in which one of the parties is already legally married is bigamous and usually therefore void. In most states, if the bigamy was intentional, it is also a crime.
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One male mates is mated with two or more females.
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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
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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 marriage (or going through the form of a second m...
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noun the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred
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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
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the crime of marrying while one has a wife or husband still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected. · any violation of canon law concerning marital status that would disqualify a person from receiving holy orders or from retaining or surpassing an ecclesiastical rank.
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having two spouses at the same time
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