The local newspaper reported the case - alerting his wife that he was about to commit bigamy. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
As such, what we call bigamy, polygamy, etc. would be more like general partnerships. From Wordnik.com. [(Cartoon) - Constitution as Word Jumble - TobyToons – dia0420’s Diary - RedState] Reference
In Britain, bigamy is punishable by up to seven years in prison. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
But the institution of bigamy is not rare and is commonly referred to in popular culture. From Wordnik.com. [Religion in Mexico?] Reference
Unless "bigamy" can be considered a medical specialty. From Wordnik.com. [A Six-Legged Marriage] Reference
No bigamy is allowed. From Wordnik.com. [Six Red Months in Russia: An Observer's Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship] Reference
Don't you realize that bigamy is a crime?. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Lulu Bett] Reference
In the first centuries there was only one kind of bigamy called true, or real, or proper. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
If Herod had an unlawful divorce from another woman, would translators be as reluctant to use the word "bigamy"?. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
What is the difference between bigamy and polygamy?. From Wordnik.com. [The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens.] Reference
Poverty excused bigamy on the part of a deserted wife. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
She wrote to me threatening to have him arrested for bigamy. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
For this marriage he was prosecuted, and found guilty of bigamy. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
"I arrest you on a charge of bigamy," went on the calm voice of Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [The Golf Course Mystery] Reference
Failing this, she may be able to prove either bigamy or incestuous adultery. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
There has never yet a case occurred where a slave has been tried for bigamy. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave] Reference
One thing, however, disquieted Trampy: bigamy, all the same, meant doing time. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
The celebrated public trial of the Duchess of Kingston for bigamy took place in. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
State punishes bigamy, and forbids marriage within certain degrees of consanguinity. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
It will be remembered that I had only been told that I was under indictment for bigamy. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac. a True Story] Reference
The law that was finally passed prohibits both bigamy and cohabitation outside marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Second Wives Club] Reference
Not a bit of it Let her contract a new marriage, and the law will indict her for bigamy. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Thus, the slave-trade was long pursued, and duelling was deemed right, and bigamy was practised. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
A person having a lawful husband or wife living, and marrying another person, is guilty of bigamy. From Wordnik.com. [The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens.] Reference
I should be rendered liable to the charge of bigamy, if the fact of my second marriage should transpire. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
Of this however I knew nothing, till one day, while I was at the hotel, I was suddenly arrested for bigamy. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac. a True Story] Reference
The examination was short; I was bound over in the sum of one thousand dollars to take my trial for bigamy. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac. a True Story] Reference
The Landgrave's whole position was in jeopardy; for bigamy, by the law of the Empire, was a serious offence. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
Not long after he was indicted for bigamy, i.e., for marrying his second wife, his first having been yet alive. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
Take a beautiful and highly-accomplished young female, imbued with every virtue, but slightly addicted to bigamy!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841] Reference
Had he been found out during his lifetime, he would have been tried for bigamy, convicted, and punished accordingly. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 23, 1891] Reference
At Old Street Police Court a man charged with bigamy pleaded that when a child he had a fall which affected his head. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 7, 1917] Reference
By the common law, two wives meant bigamy; and bigamy meant prison, which was the last thing he wanted, as he himself said. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
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