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-mition, some scarce any but what may require a different description
in the one case from what they do
in the other. Christians have their Among
Christians polygamy on the part of the husband is an offence: so is it among
mahomitans. it is the same: But among the
former, such polygamy consists in the having more
wives at a time than one: among the latter
in the having more than four: concubines not
. Among In certain Christian countries, polygamy
on the part of the wife on both parts sides, for want of a proper
police in this behalf, happens but too often:
With regard to the wife, in mahomitan countries, the manner of living
render is of itself sufficient to render such
an incident much less likely to take place.
{Qu See rewritten It is even that The grand distinction between the nature of the
offences of this class upon the Christian plan
and that of the offences of the same manner
denominations upon the mahomitan, turns
upon the different shares of regard shewn by
the legislator to the two contracting parties. Speaking according
to Christian notions one should naturally
say the two contracting parties. But among
mahomitans, unless perhaps where the woman is
is a widow, there is seem to be no such contracting parties The <add>Among</add>

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	100	Main Headings	influence of time and place
Folio number	031	Info in main headings field	place & time
Image	002	Titles	offences against condition
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f25 / f26 / f27 / f28
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
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