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of alimony at the rate of about one third of his income. If

· provisions and

there and the like provisions

remedies were

applied to polygamour unions, the Cours would be creating confugal duties, not enforcing them, and furnishing remedies when there

offence. For it would be

was wo

visit a

quite unjust and almost absurd to

who, among a poygga. community, had married

hoo wonnen, with divorce from the

· first woman,

the

round that, ground

his conduct.

in our view of marriage,

amounted to adultery coupled with bigamy. For would it be much

more just

force upon

or wise to attempt to on-

him that he should treat

those with whom he had contracted.

of

in the polygamous

s derve

marriages,

that term, with the consideration and according to the states which

Chrishan marriage confers.

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If then, the provision adapted

to our makimonial systems are not applicable to such a union as the pre- sent, is there any other to which the Court can resort? We have in England no law framed on the scale of poly- - adjusted to its requirements,

gancy or And it n

this

may

be will doubled whether

it would become the tribunals of

country

to enforce the duties - (even if we knew them) which belong

septem

to w

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utterly at variance with the Christian conception of mar.

and so se vol

riage,

revolting to the ideas we outertain of the social position to be

accorded to the weaker sex.

Note. There is also an interesting eave

of Parsee Marriage referred to in this judgment Ardaseer Cursetpe & Peroze-

boye Moody Privy Council 375.

See too the case of Re Bethel Bethel