Some critics object to open marriages on the ground that open marriages violate religious principles.

Open marriages also violate the prohibition against adultery in the Ten Commandments.

This marriage violated several taboos in the eyes of Mr. and Mrs. Walls.

An appeals court in Denver determined that a marriage involving a 38-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl had not violated Colorado law.

Traditionally, courts have held that a state is free to decline to recognize a marriage celebrated elsewhere if the marriage violates the state's strong public policy.

In court, Nasser argued that Ali's marriage violated the law, since she was raped.

This situation caused something of a scandal, for the marriage was possibly bigamous, and violated the church's strictures on consanguinity as well.

The marriage of a widow to her former brother-in-law violated Jewish laws of levirate marriage.