Polygamy
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
crim. law, is the act of a person who knowing he has two or more wives, or she has two or more husbands living, marries another. It ditfers from bigamy, (q. v-) Com. Dig. Justices, S 5; Dict. de Jur. h. t.