legal status of polygamy varies widely around the world. Polygyny is legal in 58 out of nearly 200 sovereign states, the vast majority of them being Muslim-majority...
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a phenomenon of polygamy occurred among Muslims in Philadelphia who were black. Legality of polygamy Polygamy in North America Polygamy in Christianity...
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Decriminalization (category Philosophy of law)
LGBT rights by country or territory) Polygamy (see: legality of polygamy) Prostitution (see: decriminalization of sex work) Public nudity steroid use in...
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Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία polygamía, "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married...
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The practice of what is usually called polygamy, enjoys de facto and de jure legality in Kenya. It is to be understood as polygyny, however. Marriage Bill...
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unlawful. All State or Territorial Islamic Law on Legality of Polygamy - Federal Territories (Law of Malaysia Act 303 Section 23) | Selangor (Enactment...
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Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, privately taught and practiced polygamy. After Smith's death in 1844, the church he established...
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Polygamy is the practice of having more than one spouse at the same time. Specifically, polygyny is the practice of one man taking more than one wife...
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more than one wife. Nigeria is part of the "polygamy belt", a region in West Africa and Central Africa where polygamy is common and deeply rooted in the...
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Marriage in Canada (section Polygamy)
(August 1, 2007). "Canada urged to review legality of polygamy ban". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-12-05. "Canada's polygamy laws upheld by B.C. Supreme Court". CBC...
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support them all. Despite such religious legality, polygamy has faced some of the most intense opposition in Indonesia of any Muslim majority nation. Recent...
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more likely to have polygynous marriage systems, especially exogamous polygamy systems. This is helpful for both males and females, as males obtain greater...
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Marriageable age (redirect from Age of marriage)
Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages (UN treaty) Legality of polygamy Mature minor doctrine Polygamy Teenage marriage "Child marriage". UNICEF...
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Polygyny (redirect from Economics of polygamy)
Polygyny (/pəˈlɪdʒɪni/) is a form of polygamy entailing the marriage of a man to several women. The term polygyny is from Neoclassical Greek πολυγυνία...
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Bigamy (category Polygamy law)
difference to the legality of the second marriage, which is usually considered void. Even before Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire...
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his second wife (whom he had married after divorcing his first wife). "Polygamy in Gambia". accessgambia.com. Retrieved 7 February 2017. AFROL Gender Profiles:...
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of male heirs (no = 0). Early marriage (women) – share of girls between 15 and 19 who are or have been married. Polygamy – acceptance or legality of polygamy...
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Marriage law (redirect from Certificate of No Impediment)
has the highest rate of polygamy in the world. In India, only Muslims are allowed to practice polygamy. Polygamy, taking the form of polygyny, is most common...
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Guinean nationality law (category Law of Guinea)
acquire nationality. A controversial provision of the updated code was that it allowed for legality of polygamy. In 2020, a new constitution was enacted, but...
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and one wife" as one of the principles guiding marriages. The principle, first codified in 1950, was intended to outlaw polygamy, but is now also interpreted...
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The twin relics of barbarism refer to the popular nineteenth-century phrase that linked the practices of slavery and polygamy in the United States. Attention...
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Marriage (redirect from Religious aspects of marriage)
price" and polygamy. A survey of other cross-cultural samples has confirmed that the absence of the plough was the only predictor of polygamy, although...
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Polygamy is the practice of having more than one spouse; while prohibited under Zimbabwean civil law, polygamous marriages may be performed under the...
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Cohabitation (redirect from Effects of cohabitation on children)
States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, thus effectively recriminalizing polygamy as a felony. In 2020, Utah voted to downgrade polygamy from a felony...
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Reynolds v. United States (category United States law and polygamy in Mormonism)
whether or not they were living in polygamy. The Court held that it would not overturn a case based on the legality of challenges to dismissed jurors. The...
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Uniform Civil Code (redirect from Uniform civil law of India)
which is partially based on the Sharia law, permitting unilateral divorce, polygamy and putting it among the legally applying the Sharia law. A UCC bill was...
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Though legally prohibited since 1962, polygamy is still marginally practiced in Rwanda. Polygyny is the only form traditionally practiced. It is most prevalent...
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YFZ Ranch (category Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
anti-polygamy activists and law enforcement officials. Speaking in Sunday church services on August 10, 2003, Warren Jeffs declared that the blessings of the...
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followed the calling of banns in church or the obtaining of a licence—the only exceptions being Jewish and Quaker marriages, whose legality was also recognised...
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Adultery (redirect from Criticism of adultery laws)
refer to having sexual intercourse with multiple partners in the case of polygamy (when a man is married to more than one wife at a time, called polygyny;...
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