Every person who shall be convicted of being married to another, or of cohabiting
with another as husband and wife, having at the time a former husband or wife living,
shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000); provided, that this shall
not extend to any person whose husband or wife shall be continually remaining without
the limits of this state for the space of seven (7) years together, the party being
married after the expiration of the seven (7) years, not knowing the other to be living
within that time, nor to any person who shall be divorced at the time of the second
marriage, nor to any person by reason of any former or prior marriage made when the
man was less than fourteen (14) and the woman less than twelve (12) years of age.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 2004–2018 · leading case:
State v. Green, 2004 UT 76 (Utah 2004).
State v. Green, 2004 UT 76 (Utah 2004).
· cites it 4× “"); R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-6-1 (2003) ("Every person who shall be convicted of being married to another, or of cohabiting with another as husband and wife, having at the time a former husband or wife living, shall pay a fine.”
Chambers v. Ormiston, 935 A.2d 956 (R.I. 2007).
· cites it 4× “1956 § 15-1-1 (providing that “[n]o man shall marry” any one of a number of specified female relatives); § 15-1-2 (providing that “[n]o woman shall marry” any one of a number of specified male relatives); G.L. 1956 § 11-6-1 (employing gendered terms in setting forth the elements…”
Estes v. State, 546 S.W.3d 691 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018).
“§ 53A-190 (1992); 11 R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-6-1 (1989) ; Minn. Stat.”
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