Traditionally it is the first wife however most families who practice plural marriage tend to be more democratic then that. There are some fundamentalist groups that have a strict order of authority often with the "legal" wife being in charge and that isn't necessarily the first wife.
he is a polygamist and has around 12
Reynolds v. the U.S. See link below:
Dawn Porter - 2008 The Polygamist's Wife 1-4 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:M
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It all depends on the religion and culture of the polygamist. There are American Christian polygamists, which typically don't allow arranged marriages, and then there are Arab Muslim or traditional African polygamists, which might.
if he has 2 wives then he would be called as bigamist and if he has more than two then polygamist
Yes. Anyone who has more than one spouse at a time is considered a polygamist.
share your money w/ wife or husband
you do....
Traditional marriage- Man and Wife .
Only men of a certain religion are polygamist. The wives in a polygamist marriage are all monogamist.
Yes he has many children - about 18 by a few women. He is a polygamist so he currently has 3 wives... apart from the wife he divorced and the wife that died. Many people criticize him because of this.