- Edmunds Anti-polygamy Law
- A federal statute of 1892 which punished bigamy and also the act of cohabitation with more than one woman at the same time. 10 Am J2d Blg § 5.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Edmunds Anti-polygamy Law
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