bigamia
1. the practice or state of being married to more than one person at the same time
He was convicted of bigamy after marrying a second wife while still legally married to his first.
Ele foi condenado por bigamia após se casar com uma segunda esposa enquanto ainda era casado legalmente com a primeira.
2. the crime of marrying someone while already being legally married to another person
In most Western countries, bigamy is a criminal offense.
Na maioria dos países ocidentais, a bigamia é um crime.
Bigamy is illegal in virtually all English-speaking countries and Portuguese-speaking countries, including Brazil and Portugal. It is treated as a criminal offense with potential imprisonment. The term is primarily used in legal, judicial, and formal contexts rather than in everyday conversation.
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