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bigamy,n.1. The act of marrying one person while legally married to another. • Bigamy is distinct from adultery. It is a criminal offense if it is committed knowingly. In 1878, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the government was not constitutionally prohibited from banning Mormon polygamy.Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. (8 Otto) 145 (1878).…

bigamus (big-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>s), n. Hist. 1.One who commits bigamy; a bigamist. 2. A man who marries a widow, or who remarries. • Under ecclesiastical law, a bigamus could be denied benefit of clergy.[Blacks Law 8th]

bigamous (big-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>s), adj.1. (Of a person) guilty of bigamy. 2. (Of a marriage) involving bigamy.[Blacks Law 8th]

bifurcated trial.See TRIAL.[Blacks Law 8th]

bigamus (big-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>s), n. Hist. 1.One who commits bigamy; a bigamist. 2. A man who marries a widow, or who remarries. • Under ecclesiastical law, a bigamus could be denied benefit of clergy.[Blacks Law 8th]

bigamous (big-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>s), adj.1. (Of a person) guilty of bigamy. 2. (Of a marriage) involving bigamy.[Blacks Law 8th]

bifurcated divorce.See divisible divorce under DIVORCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

bifactoral obligation.See OBLIGATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

biennium (bI-en-ee-<<schwa>>m).1. A two-year period. 2. The period for which many state legislatures make appropriations. [Cases: States  131.C.J.S. States §§ 234–239.] BIENS biens (beenz or byenz). [French] Hist. Goods; property. • Biens includes real property in most civil-law jurisdictions. Cf. BONA.[Blacks Law 8th]

biennial session.See SESSION(1).[Blacks Law 8th]