Bigamy - Law Dictionary Search Results
Polyandry
Polyandry, the state of a woman who has several husbands. See BIGAMY.
High Steward, Court of the Lord
was acquitted of murder (in a duel) in 1841; and that of Earl Russell, who was convicted of bigamy on 17th July, 1901, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. See The Trial of Earl Russell, 1901 AC
Digamia, or digamy
digamy [fr. digamia, Gk.], second marriage; marriage to a second wife after the death of the first; as bigamy in law is having two wives at once (q.v.).
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polygamy
polygamy : the offense of having several and specif. more than two spouses at one time compare bigamy po·lyg·a·mous [-məs] adj
Adultery
adultery, or a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his adultery coupled with cruelty or desertion or bigamy, or of his incestuous adultery, provided there be no collusion or connivance, and that the alleged charges have
Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea.
Judges to 5 in Reg. v. Tolson, (1889) 23 QBD 168, so as to acquit on trial for bigamy a woman reasonably believing her first husband (whom she had lost sight of for less than 7 years)
Polygamy
the same time opposed to monogamy as the nations of the East practiced polygamy See the Note under Bigamy and cf Polyandry
Bigamist
One who is guilty of bigamy
moral turpitude
crimes involving moral turpitude usually may also be introduced as evidence to impeach testimony. Theft, perjury, vice crimes, bigamy, and rape have generally been found to involve moral turpitude, while liquor law violations and disorderly conduct generally
freedom of religion
of a compelling state interest. On this basis, practices used in some religions, such as drug use and bigamy, are prohibited despite the First Amendment guarantee.
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