Also, in a polygamous marriage, each woman is described as a wife.

It turned out that proving polygamous marriage back then was almost impossible.

There are also young women who have left or been pressured to leave because they did not want to be part of polygamous marriages.

The court intentionally did not deal with the question of polygamous Muslim marriages.

There has also been debate about legalizing polygamous civil marriage in the country.

South African law, generally speaking, does not permit polygamous marriages.

Thus polygamous marriage was determined to be an "immoral purpose".

At the present time, polygamous marriages are presumed to have been stopped being issued by the government.

But in a back room, 16 women, all in polygamous marriages, met around a small table.

Polygamous marriage, therefore arose as a solution to this potential threat.