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== British opposition ==
== British opposition ==
British law has opposed and punished polygamy far more severely than other cultures, even imposing [[capital punishment]] for it. Reasons why could include:
British law has opposed and punished polygamy far more severely than other cultures, even imposing [[capital punishment]] for it. Under [[common law]] in Britain subsequent marriages were invalid if the first marriage remained in effect.
Reasons for the intense British laws against polygamy could include:
*polygamy is incompatible with [[nobility]], which has traditionally been foundational to Britain;
*polygamy is incompatible with [[nobility]], which has traditionally been foundational to Britain;
*polygamy creates nightmarish problems of [[private property]] under the [[common law]];
*polygamy creates nightmarish problems of [[private property]] under the [[common law]];
*polygamy makes inheritance, burial, and end-of-life health issues legal unmanageable; and
*polygamy makes inheritance, burial, and end-of-life health issues legal unmanageable; and
*Englishmen would be [[deceit]]ful and lie to their second wife about not being married, which was unfair to the second wife.
*polygamy allowed [[deceit]] whereby Englishmen lied to their second wife about marital status, which was unfair to many.
==References==
==References==