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" ... parents, relatives, and friends. The last category assumes the free selection of marriage partners by the individuals themselves. Marriage Forms. There are several forms of marriage. Monogamy restricts persons to one legal or recognized spouse at... "
The History of the Church of Malabar, from the Time of Its Being First ... - Page 263
de Michael Geddes - 1694 - 464 pages
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Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac,: Under the Command of Commodore ...

Jeremiah N. Reynolds - 1835 - 600 pages
...to any great extent. Public opinion is opposed to it, and were it not, it is very seldom convenient for a man to have more than one wife at a time. The food of the Javans is very simple, being principally of a vegetable character, of which rice is...
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General Code of Tribal Custom in the Shahpur District of the Punjab

James Wilson - 1896 - 94 pages
...may marry four wives, all alive at one time, and a Hindu as many as he pleases, it is not very usual for a man to have more than one wife at a time ; and where he does marry a second wife during the lifetime of the first, it, is generally because the first...
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The Way of the North: A Romance of the Days of Baranof

Warren Cheney - 1905 - 352 pages
...wish nor thought to choose. Tell the chief that the reason for the asking was that it is not right for a man to have more than one wife at a time. This Nikta is the only wife he has, and God will not be with him till he puts the other two away. As...
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Ethics, General and Special

Owen Aloysius Hill - 1920 - 440 pages
...more, but two. He did not say, ' shall cleave to his wives, but to his wife, ' nor was it ever lawful for a man to have more than one wife at a time, unless God by express revelation allowed him the privilege." Many are of opinion that polygamy before...
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The Social Structure of Islam

Reuben Levy - 548 pages
...actual practice in modern times economic conditions make it comparatively rare in most Muslim countries for a man to have more than one wife at a time ; for not every man can provide the separate establishments which the lawbooks as well as custom and...
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Gleanings in Bee Culture, Volume 40

1912 - 752 pages
...Senate a bill which became known in history as the Edmunds Law, which made it a penitentiary offense for a man to have more than one wife at a time. What did the Democrats do? Walked right straight up and voted for it, just the same as the Republicans....
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Race and Reparations: A Black Perspective for the Twenty-first Century

Clarence J. Munford - 1996 - 582 pages
...analysis. He learned to admire Islam, mainly because it espoused polygyny, a form of marriage allowing a man to have more than one wife at a time and thus not disruptive of traditional African culture. Valuing the universal Black African custom that...
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The Social Structure of Islam, Volume 12

Reuben Levy - 2000 - 546 pages
...actual practice in modern times economic conditions make it comparatively rare in most Muslim countries for a man to have more than one wife at a time; for not every man can provide the separate establishments which the lawbooks as well as custom and...
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Women and the Family in Chinese History

Patricia Buckley Ebrey - 2003 - 310 pages
...marginality of their kinship status. In traditional China it was illegal and socially disreputable for a man to have more than one wife at a time. but he could have as many concubines as he could afford/ In English the term coucubine also is used...
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