Bigamy definition and legal meaning

#bigamy definition and #legal_meaning
Bigamy refers to the condition of having two wives or two husbands at the same time. A marriage in which one of the parties is already legally married is bigamous, void, and ground for annulment. The one who knowingly enters into a bigamous marriage is guilty of the crime of bigamy, but it is seldom prosecuted unless it is part of a fraudulent scheme to get another's property or some other felony. Occasionally people commit bigamy accidentally, usually in the belief that a prior marriage had been dissolved. Having several wives at the same time is called polygamy and being married to several husbands is polyandry.

1 Vienna Convention on the law of treaties 1969 (Part I)

7 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relation 1961 (Full)

8. UN Charter (1)

9. UN Charter (2)

10. UN Charter (3)

11. UNCLOS 1982 (1)

12. UNCLOS 1982 (2)

13. UNCLOS 1982 (3)

14. UNCLOS 1982 Part V: Exclusive Economic Zone

15. UNCLOS 1982 Part VI: Continental Shelf

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