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While polygamy has since been abolished, it is still alive in Thailand and, according to some, widely accepted. [3] The king of Thailand may, for example, still designate "consorts" other than the queen. [4] Such unions are not recognised under Thai law, which states, "A man or a woman cannot marry each other while one of them has a spouse." [5]
Social polygamy occurs when an individual has multiple partners that they live with, have sex with, and cooperate with in acquiring basic resources (such as shelter, food and money). Sexual polygamy refers to individuals who have more than one sexual partner or who have sex partners outside of a primary relationship.
Thai Raksa Chart Party (Phak Thai Raksa Chart) – founded in 2009, dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 7 March 2019 for violating electoral laws; Future Forward Party (Abrv: FFP; Thai: พรรคอนาคตใหม่, RTGS: phak anakhot mai) The party was dissolved on 21 February 2020 for fiscal impropriety. [1] [2] [3 ...
The Rattanakosin Kingdom and the four traditionally counted preceding kingdoms, collectively called Siam, had a largely uncodified constitution until 1932. In the King of Siam's preamble to the penal code promulgated on 1 April 1908, and came into effect on 21 September, the king said: "In the ancient times the monarchs of the Siamese nation governed their people with laws which were ...
Pages in category "Polygamy by country" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This list refers to monarchs by the names most often used by traditional historians. [ 1 ] Western nations referred to the monarch as the "King of Siam" ( Latin : Rex Siamensium ), regardless of Thai titles, since the initiation of relations in the 16th century.
For example, if the king did not designate his own successor, the throne was to go to one of his sons. King Prajadhipok remarked, "This sounded straightforward enough, but a complication arises here owing to the habit of polygamy." The law specified that the next king was to be chosen according to the rank of his mother, the queen.
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