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bigamy

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bigamy.

Editorial note

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bigamy gathered in one view.

noun

The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

noun

(ecclesiastical law, historical) A second marriage after the death of a spouse.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bigamy.

noun

The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

noun

(ecclesiastical law, historical) A second marriage after the death of a spouse.

Example sentences

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Depending on how you're defining victim, low-income-earners could be seen as victims of gambling > bigamy Bigamy is historically correlated with misogyny.

2

President Mitterrand was spying on anyone who could expose his lies (bigamy, fake medical certificates).

3

Banning bigamy is a way to regulate the marriage market, in a way.

4

> If even one of the marriages is a legal, civil marriage, then Kody and the wives are probably guilty of bigamy under Utah's definition.

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As for bigamy, I think you'll agree that a historical correlation doesn't imply an inseparable causality.

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Those women are still single, except in the rare cases of bigamy.

7

The legal status was not that of bigamy, to be clear.

8

Any marriage, when its legal in that place/country it happened, is considered legal in US (assuming its not like under-age or bigamy or illegal stuff).

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United States in 1878, when the Mormons were saying that anti-bigamy laws were unconstitutional (they did not convince the court, and it continues to be illegal now).

10

I'm being vague here, because bigamy is a felony.

11

(3) It shall be a defense to bigamy that the accused reasonably believed he and the other person were legally eligible to remarry.

12

Eg bioluminescence, bigamy, homophobic, etc.

Quote examples

1

"Optimal portfolio theory, applied to marital choice, suggests that better diversification can push households closer to the risk-return frontier." This is a call for bigamy?

2

> I guess "step 15" from the book was "marry your criminal associates, so you're not forced to testify against each other" That may constitute bigamy in some states.

3

A famous example that college students are taught at A-Level Law is the law on bigamy where it stated "a married person who gets married again." This isn't possible (in the UK, you can only get married to one person at a time), so the court had to rewrite the legislation on the fly to get the intended effect.

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): "serial monogamy, marriage with only one other person at a time, in contrast to bigamy or polygamy[.] Some definitions of serial monogamy consider it to be polygamy, as it can result in evidence of genetic polygamy.

Proper noun examples

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Bigamy requires being officially married whilst already being officially married.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bigamy in a sentence?

Depending on how you're defining victim, low-income-earners could be seen as victims of gambling > bigamy Bigamy is historically correlated with misogyny.

What does bigamy mean?

The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

What part of speech is bigamy?

bigamy is commonly used as noun.