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: the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another
was accused of bigamy
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He was accused of bigamy.
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Answer: Treason, murder, obstruction, theft, smuggling, piracy, mutiny, desertion, bigamy, dueling, accepting the land grant on the Ridge under false pretenses.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 July 2024
But with no-fault divorces, a couple could split amiably, without accusing or proving anything like bigamy or fraud or abandonment.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
May 30: Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson shoots and kills American attorney Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Section 241 in Mississippi's state constitution specifies 10 felonies—murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement or bigamy—for which a conviction will result in a person losing their right to vote.
—Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 July 2024
But with no-fault divorces, a couple could split amiably, without accusing or proving anything like bigamy or fraud or abandonment.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
May 30: Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson shoots and kills American attorney Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Section 241 in Mississippi's state constitution specifies 10 felonies—murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement or bigamy—for which a conviction will result in a person losing their right to vote.
—Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
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“Bigamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigamy. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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