bigamy


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having two spouses at the same time

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

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Broadcaster Rafael 'Raffy' Tulfo on Tuesday dismissed the bigamy case filed against him by a woman claiming to be his wife, saying it was 'plain and simple extortion' because he refused to pay the P100 million the woman demanded.
The immigration judge in the ruling said, "Ombongi's explanation for his bigamy puts his credibility as a witness in doubt."
Sharpe admitted bigamy and was jailed for five months at Derby Crown Court in July 2016.
Turdubekova noted that the religious figure [ex-mufti of Kyrgyzstan Chubak Jalilov] in his statement said that bigamy and polygamy is necessary for salvation of women.
There were twenty charges of bigamy included in the list, most of the accused being soldiers and the wives of soldiers.
Iain Theyers, 45, of Inverness, is on trial for bigamy. It's alleged he wed Louise Martin while married to Marian Belahonia.
When Frank commits bigamy soon afterward (marrying the rich Susan only to secure his inheritance), Winifred's status is unaffected; she is able to identify herself as "his first onely wife, his lawful wife" (4.2.175).
BIRMINGHAM has been named as a bigamy blackspot in shocking new figures.
Number of bigamy WEST Yorkshire Police has recorded 13 bigamy cases in under a decade.
At Birmingham Crown Court on Monday, he admitted bigamy and obtaining PS29,593 of his sick wife's disability benefits.
McDougall, Sara, Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne (Middle Ages), Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012; cloth; pp.
AN academic from Warwick University has looked into divorce, bigamy and bereavement through the ages.