Bigamy

Big·a·my

Bigamy

n.

[OE. bigamie, fr. L. bigamus twice married; bis twice + Gr. marriage; prob. akin to Skt. jāmis related, and L. gemini twins, the root meaning to bind, join: cf. F. bigamie. Cf. Digamy.]

The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another. (Law)
Base declension and loathed bigamy.
— Shak.

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