N.Y. Penal Law 255.20 – Unlawfully procuring a marriage license, bigamy, adultery: defense
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§ 255.20 Unlawfully procuring a marriage license, bigamy, adultery:
Terms Used In N.Y. Penal Law 255.20
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
defense.
In any prosecution for unlawfully procuring a marriage license, bigamy, or adultery, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant acted under a reasonable belief that both he and the other person to the marriage or prospective marriage or to the sexual intercourse, as the case may be, were unmarried.