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levirate
noun
(le-vi-rate)
the sometimes compulsory marriage of a widow to a brother of her deceased husband
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wedlock
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remarriage
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bedswerver
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serial monogamy
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bigamy
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marriage of convenience
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covert baron
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filiety
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divorce
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uxoricide
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man and wife
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community property
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