Bigamy
noun
The act of being married to two people at the same time.
He was charged with bigamy after his first wife discovered that he was still married to her when he married his second wife.
Often appears as...
- commit bigamy
- charge with bigamy
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noun
The act of being married to two people at the same time.
He was charged with bigamy after his first wife discovered that he was still married to her when he married his second wife.
Often appears as...
- commit bigamy
- charge with bigamy
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Legal Offence
Bigamy is illegal in many countries and can lead to criminal charges.
He didn't realize that bigamy was a criminal offense until the police arrived.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Culturally, bigamy might be more accepted in some societies, but it remains illegal in most Western countries.
Even though bigamy is culturally accepted there, he was still arrested in his home country.
Pro Tip 3/3Accidental Bigamy
Someone can unknowingly commit bigamy if they think their previous marriage is legally over.
Anna's second marriage resulted in accidental bigamy because her divorce wasn't finalized.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Offence
Bigamy is illegal in many countries and can lead to criminal charges.
He didn't realize that bigamy was a criminal offense until the police arrived.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Culturally, bigamy might be more accepted in some societies, but it remains illegal in most Western countries.
Even though bigamy is culturally accepted there, he was still arrested in his home country.
Pro Tip 3/3Accidental Bigamy
Someone can unknowingly commit bigamy if they think their previous marriage is legally over.
Anna's second marriage resulted in accidental bigamy because her divorce wasn't finalized.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Offence
Bigamy is illegal in many countries and can lead to criminal charges.
He didn't realize that bigamy was a criminal offense until the police arrived.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Culturally, bigamy might be more accepted in some societies, but it remains illegal in most Western countries.
Even though bigamy is culturally accepted there, he was still arrested in his home country.
Pro Tip 3/3Accidental Bigamy
Someone can unknowingly commit bigamy if they think their previous marriage is legally over.
Anna's second marriage resulted in accidental bigamy because her divorce wasn't finalized.
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Modern Lives, Ancient...
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Video examples
Modern Lives, Ancient...
energy this helps them stay under the radar in a state that outlaws bigamy and to avoid the mormon mainstream who shuns it basically we want to live as naturally as we can and living in the rock helps us build to do that reduces our
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Quote examples
Judy Biggert
American Politician
No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages.
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Mark Duplass
American Director
The only thing darker than 'Overboard' is 'Micki & Maude,' the bigamy comedy from 1984.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
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Bob Hope
American Comedian
Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
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Judy Biggert
American Politician
No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages.
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Mark Duplass
American Director
The only thing darker than 'Overboard' is 'Micki & Maude,' the bigamy comedy from 1984.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
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Bob Hope
American Comedian
Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
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