Family Law Terms

verb to formally declare one's abandonment or rejection of something, such as a belief, claim, or relationship

noun a person who commits bigamy, which is the act of marrying someone while already being legally married to another person

• The man was arrested for being a bigamist, as he was legally married to two different women at the same time.
• I heard that John's uncle is a bigamist, he has two wives and they don't know about each other.
• That guy is a total bigamist, he's got a wife in every city he visits.
• In a metaphorical sense, being a bigamist could refer to someone who is juggling multiple commitments or responsibilities at once.