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  2. Hyde v Hyde - Wikipedia

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    With respect to marriage, English law could therefore not recognise either polygamy or concubinage as marriage. Similarly, he found that cultural traditions of which the court had no knowledge could not form the basis for a court decision. [8] The court dismissed John Hyde's claim. The case established the common law definition of marriage.

  3. Boston marriage - Wikipedia

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    Katharine Coman and Katharine Lee Bates lived together in a Wellesley marriage for 25 years. Boston marriages were so common at Wellesley College in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that the term Wellesley marriage became a popular description. [7]: 185 Typically, the relationship involved two academic women. This was common from about ...

  4. History of courtship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Romantic love was considered an immature basis for marriage. [4] In the 17th century, most colonies' laws required consent of parents to marriage, with some, such as New Haven and Plymouth Colony, requiring a young man to obtain a woman's father's consent even to pay court to her. Enforcement of such laws fell into disuse by the 18th century as ...

  5. Married Women's Property Acts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Three states gave married women no legal status until late in the nineteenth century: Delaware, South Carolina, and Virginia. [21] Even where statutes appeared to establish some measure of rights for a married woman, courts interpreted statutes to her disadvantage and relied on common law whenever a statute was less than explicit.

  6. Timeline of civil marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Nearly 500 couples obtained marriage licenses before the ruling was stayed on May 16 by the Arkansas Supreme Court. On May 14, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban and ordered the state to start recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions as well as license them.

  7. Coverture - Wikipedia

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    The principle of coverture was described in William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England in the late 18th century: By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband ...

  8. Plaçage - Wikipedia

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    A mid-nineteenth century dwelling, now dubbed the Coincoin-Prudhomme House although it was not the actual site of her residence, commemorates her within the Cane River National Heritage Area. Popular lore also has, erroneously, credited her with the ownership of a Cane River plantation founded by her son Louis Metoyer, known today as Melrose ...

  9. Latter Day Saint polygamy in the late-19th century - Wikipedia

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    Possibly as early as the 1830s, followers of the Latter Day Saint movement (also known as Mormonism), were practicing the doctrine of polygamy or "plural marriage". After the death of church founder Joseph Smith, the doctrine was officially announced in Utah Territory in 1852 by Mormon leader Brigham Young.