Legal Definition and Related Resources of Polygamy

The state of a man who has more than one wife.

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.

The generic term for marriage to more than one spouse at the same time. It occurs as polygyny or, more rarely, polyandry.

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Polygamy in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of polygamy.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Polygamy in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term polygamy into Spanish: poligamia (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

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• polygamy in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• polygamy in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Polygamy, Sexual Behaviour and the Law

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• Polygamy in the Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law

Definition of Polygamy

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Polygamy: A marriage structure in which there is more than one spouse at a time: the term covers both polygyny and polyandry.

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• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Polygamy. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada

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• Marriage
• Common Law Marriage
• Marriage License
• Voidable Marriage
• Family

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Translation of Polygamy

• Spanish: Poligamia
• French: Polygamie
• German: Polygamie
• Italian: Poligamia
• Portuguese: Poligamia
• Polish: Poligamia

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• Marriage
• Forced marriage
• Marriage of convenience
• Mixed marriage