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  2. Legality of polygamy - Wikipedia

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    As in Africa, polygamy continues to be practiced in parts of Asia, regardless of laws. Nepal; China: Polygamy is illegal under the Civil code passed in 2020, which replaced a similar 1950 and 1980 prohibition. [102] Hong Kong: Polygamy ended with the passing of the Marriage Act of 1971 [103] when the country was a crown colony under the former ...

  3. Polygamy - Wikipedia

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    In some areas this continued even after Christianization began, for instance the Brehon Laws of Gaelic Ireland explicitly allowed for polygamy, [73] [74] especially amongst the noble class. [75] Some modern Celtic pagan religions accept the practice of polygamy to varying degrees, [ 76 ] though how widespread the practice is within these ...

  4. Bigamy - Wikipedia

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    Under section 494 of Chapter XX of the Penal Code, non-Muslim offenders found guilty of bigamy or polygamy can be punished up to seven years' imprisonment. Bigamy or polygamy is legal only for Muslim men with restrictions under state jurisdiction, rarely practised. [21] Maldives: Permitted for anyone. [citation needed] Malta: Illegal. [22]

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    The most talked about woman in Ireland today. Gay Byrne, talk show host, on Annie Murphy Paul MacCormaic's portrait of Annie Murphy hangs at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin.

  6. Current state of polygamy in the Latter Day Saint movement

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    The members of the largest faction, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), do not continue to teach and practice polygamy today. In the late-19th century and early-20th century, the practice was formally abandoned [ 2 ] as various laws banned polygamy in the United States and led to the confiscation of LDS Church properties.

  7. Polygamy in North America - Wikipedia

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    Polygamy is a crime and punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both, according to the law of the individual state and the circumstances of the offense. [18] Polygamy was outlawed in federal territories by the Edmunds Act, and there are laws against the practice in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, [19] and Puerto Rico. [20]

  8. Western European marriage pattern - Wikipedia

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    The rise of Christianity created more incentives to keep families nuclear; the Church instituted marriage laws and practices that undermined large kinship groups. From as early as the fourth century, the Church discouraged any practice that enlarged the family, like adoption, polygamy, taking concubines, divorce, and remarriage.

  9. List of polygamy court cases - Wikipedia

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    Utah, 333 U.S. 95 (1948) — polygamy not religious free speech In re Black , 3 Utah 2d 315 (1955) [283 P.2d 887] [ 8 ] — raising children in a polygamist household is evidence of child neglect ; the state can remove and retain custody of children while their parents unlawful cohabitation continues