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1. C Of Polygamy.

1 Polygamy defined. Polygamy is where a married man person engages in a subsequent
marriage during the continuance of a former , marriage which renders
the latter void . To p. 7.

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2 Punishment for Single Polygamy in a Married Man . If a married man without excuse commit Polygamy
with a single woman his punishment shall be as follows:
1. [He shall be ignominiously punished by the Characteristic penance —] Polygamist's Yoke+ + See Tit. [Punishments].
2. [He shall forfeit forever all Forfeiture of] marital rights.
3. Characteristic stigma . In token thereof he shall be indelibly stigmatized in the neck
with the Polygamist's Chain .
4. Repudiation The first Wife may put him away and in that case the second(A)
shall have her choice of him . If she will have him , he shall
be her husband . If not , and he has three Wives living , the third
shall have her choice of him : and so on with respect to any other
Wives.
5. If he have converted to his own use the property of any of
his Wives , and no one of them will have him, he may be punished
pro-tanto as for Sharping Defraudment

Exposition.

[(A) Second] By the second Wife is here meant she who would have
been his Wife had the former marriage been terminated before the
solemnization of the latter . Excuse. 1. <add>—</add>

Identifier: | JB/071/105/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	105	Info in main headings field	of polygamy
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23508
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