Bigamy

/bˈɪɡæmi/

Bigamy

the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred

the state of having two spouses at the same time

Examples

1. Talk about bigamy.

2. bigamy marrying a person before divorcing another.

3. This was bigamy, of course, but it was not illegal in the United States at that time.

4. In 2003, after her fourth marriage, Emily was jailed for bigamy.