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Because state laws exist, polygamy is not actively prosecuted at the federal level. [3] Many US courts (e.g. Turner v. S., 212 Miss. 590, 55 So.2d 228) treat bigamy as a strict liability crime: in some jurisdictions, a person can be convicted of a felony even if he reasonably believed he had only one legal spouse. For example, if a person has ...
Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act; Long title: A bill to punish and prevent the Practice of Polygamy in the Territories of the United States and other Places, and disapproving and annulling certain Acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah. Nicknames: Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act of 1862: Enacted by: the 37th United States Congress: Effective ...
Bigamy laws do not apply to couples in a de facto or cohabitation relationship, [2] or that enter such relationships when one is legally married. If the prior marriage is for any reason void, the couple is not married, and hence each party is free to marry another without falling foul of the bigamy laws.
Texas has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in polluted waterways. A new report draws upon self disclosed data by industrial facilities provided to the EPA. The study counted 17 ...
Several men were found guilty and convicted of sexual assault, rape, and bigamy involving underage girls. [53] [54] [55] The stars of the TLC show Sister Wives challenged the state of Utah's bigamy laws, [56] though also acknowledging that the state's constitutional ban of plural marriage licenses would remain regardless of the lawsuit's ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency — which oversees Texas K-12 schools — and another to universities in May ordering them to “ignore” the “illegal” new rules ...
In Canada, both bigamy (article 290 of the Criminal code of Canada) [147]) and de facto polygamy (article 293 of the Criminal Code) [148] are illegal, but there are provisions in the property law of at least the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that consider the possibility of de facto multiple marriage-like situations (e.g. if an already ...