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C Of Polygamy
Compensation
final allowance shall then be made to such woman or women,
and to the children of such woman or women as have
proved their marriage: But if any other woman or women,
or any one on behalf of the unprovided children of any other
woman or women come in within five Years after such
first settlement and prove their respective marriages a new
settlement shall toties quoties be made in their favour.
Punishment for Polygamy in a Single Woman.
If a single woman intermarry with a married man
knowing him to be still married she shall be punished with
the Polygamists' Yoke.
Punishment for Single Polygamy in an unamarried Woman.
If a single woman commit Polygamy with a married
man knowing him to be married she shall in a heavier degree
be punished as for Adultery.(A)
Exposition.
[(A) Adultery] To wit the corresponding species of Adultery; the
Adultery of a single woman with a married man. Her crime is
an aggravated species of Adultery.
Punishment for Single Polygamy in a Single Man.
If a single man commit Polygamy with a married woman
knowing her to be married he shall be punished in a heavier
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