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POLYGAMY [9 records]

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Record 1 2016-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

Agree or consent to practise or enter into a form of polygamy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
CONT

Accepter ou convenir de pratiquer ou de contracter la polygamie sous une forme quelconque.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

polygamie : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

The more prominent ground for annulment of marriage include the following : non-age, lack of parental consent; consanguinity and affinity; polygamy; incapacity by virtue of non-recognition of a divorce; lack of consent... ;impotence...

OBS

Affinity, the relationship arising from marriage, is no longer a ground for annulment of marriage under Canadian law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

motif d'annulation de mariage : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Anthropology
  • Demography
DEF

Marriage in which a man may have more than one wife at the same time.

CONT

Among the two forms of polygamy, polygyny is by far the most widespread.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Anthropologie
  • Démographie
DEF

Règle de mariage polygame en vertu de laquelle un même homme est uni à plusieurs femmes simultanément.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Rights and Freedoms
OBS

Status of Women Canada, Ottawa, 2005.

Key term(s)
  • Polygamy in Canada
  • Legal and Social Implications for Women and Children

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Condition féminine Canada, Ottawa, 2005.

Key term(s)
  • La polygamie au Canada
  • Conséquences juridiques et sociales pour les femmes et les enfants

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

Mating system in which one male or one female mates with more than one partner. In contrast with sexual promiscuity, polygamy implies a form of social organization between the sexes and in the choice of mate. It includes polyandry and polygyny, but not extrapair copulation. Bigamy is also a form of polygamy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
  • Comportement animal
DEF

Mode de reproduction selon lequel un mâle ou une femelle s'accouple avec plus d'un partenaire. Contrairement à la promiscuité sexuelle, la polygamie implique une forme d'organisation sociale entre les sexes et le choix des partenaires. Ce type d'accouplement inclut la polyandrie et la polygynie, mais non la copulation hors couple. La bigamie est également une forme de polygamie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aves
  • Comportamiento animal
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Record 7 2002-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
OBS

Polygamy.

CONT

Method by which the alleged relationship was entered into [Criminal Code].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
CONT

Mode par lequel le lien présumé a été contracté [Code criminel].

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Birds
OBS

For example, bigamy, extrapair copulation, monogamy, polyandry, polygamy, polygyny, and sexual promiscuity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Oiseaux
OBS

Par exemple, bigamie, copulation hors-couple, monogamie, polyandrie, polygamie, polygynie et promiscuité sexuelle.

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

Type of social organization in which the male or female mates with two partners. A form of polygamy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
  • Comportement animal
DEF

Forme d'organisation sociale dans laquelle le mâle ou la femelle s'accouple avec deux partenaires. Une forme de polygamie.

Spanish

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