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Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or DIGAMY. Second marriage; marriage to a second wife after the death of the first, as "bigamy," in law, is having two wives at once. Originally, a man who married a widow, or married again after the death of his wife, was said to be guilty of bigamy. Co. Litt. 40b, note.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

or DIGAMY. Second marriage; marriage to a second wife after the death of the first, as “bigamy,” in law, is having two wives at once. Orizinally, a min who murried a widow, or married again after the death of his wife, was said to be guilty of bigamy. Co, Lilt, 406, note.