NOUN | state | bigamy | having two spouses at the same time |
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act | bigamy | the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred |
Meaning | Having two spouses at the same time. | |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock | The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined / joined for life (or until divorce) |
Spanish | bigamia | |
Catalan | bigàmia | |
Nouns | bigamist | someone who marries one person while already legally married to another |
Meaning | The offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred. | |
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Broader | statutory offense, statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offence | crimes created by statutes and not by common ... / common law |
Spanish | bigamia | |
Catalan | bigàmia | |
Adjectives | bigamous | of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first |
Nouns | bigamist | someone who marries one person while already legally married to another |
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