Polygamy in United States

Polygamy Definition

The act or state of a person who, knowing that he has two or more wives, or that she has two or more husbands, marries another. It differs fom “bigamy” (q. v.) Comyn, Dig. “Justices” (S 5) ; Diet, de Jur.; 3 Inst. 88. But “bigamy” is now commonly used even where “polygamy” would be strictly correct. 1 Russ. Crimes, 186, note. On the other hand, “polygamy” is used where “bigamy” would be strictly correct. Gen. St. Mass. 1860, p. 817.

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The act or state of a person who, knowing that he has two or more wives, or that she has two or more husbands, marries another. It differs fom “bigamy” (q. v.) Comyn, Dig. “Justices” (S 5) ; Diet, de Jur.; 3 Inst. 88. But “bigamy” is now commonly used even where “polygamy” would be strictly correct. 1 Russ. Crimes, 186, note. On the other hand, “polygamy” is used where “bigamy” would be strictly correct. Gen. St. Mass. 1860, p. 817.

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Polygamy

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According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 516 POLYGAMYBecause polygamy was one of the early tenets of the Mormon Church, the movement to eradicate plural marriage became bound up with religious persecution. The Supreme Court has consistently held that the first amendment’s protections of religious liberty do not protect the practice of plural
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Polygamy, Sexual Behaviour and the Law

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