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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Shouldn't she have been charged with polyandry? #186143 07/27/2009 11:13 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... I saw this headline and wondered: Former glamour model found guilty of bigamy with 5 men. why not polyandry? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shouldn't she have been charged with polyandry? latishya #186145 07/27/2009 11:40 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh why not polyandry? I believe that bigamy is a crime in which one person is married to two or more people occurring where polygamy (both polygyny and polyandry) are illegal. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shouldn't she have been charged with polyandry? latishya #186151 07/28/2009 3:27 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia I imagine "bigamy" is the crime for which she was convicted, and probably has a particular legal definition which (obviously) includes tri-, quadri- or any other gamy. On a tangent, was she a bigamist 4 times, or 10? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shouldn't she have been charged with polyandry? doc_comfort #186159 07/28/2009 11:04 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 According to Barron's Dictionary of Legal Terms, 'bigamy' is defined as 'the criminal offense of having two or more wives or husbands at the same time.' Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shouldn't she have been charged with polyandry? latishya #186160 07/28/2009 11:39 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... thank you all. my post was not really serious but i guess my mastery of english is not up to putting across my intent with clearness and subtleness. i had thought that the question seemed pedantic and hair splitting in a way that might have amused the readers of this board. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shouldn't she have been charged with polyandry? latishya #186196 07/30/2009 8:05 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada It did but I didn't have a comeback. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shouldn't she have been charged with polyandry? latishya #186203 07/31/2009 2:19 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky i had thought that the question seemed pedantic and hair splitting in a way that might have amused the readers of this board. Hmm--p'raps we ought to have a tongue-in-cheek emoticon. Or at least one for an eye twinkle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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