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In his speech, Mr. Abdel-Jalil declared that a Qaddafi-era law that placed restrictions on multiple marriages, which is a tenet of Islamic law, or Shariah, would be done away with.

I think the big question, as we go forward, is whether we are going to extend to cohabitors the benefits and responsibilities of marriages, which is the Scandinavian and French solution, or whether we're going to try to keep a sharp line between married and not-married".

Many different, socially recognised forms of liaison may operate in any given context for example a traditional practice which interviewees reported to contribute to the spread of HIV known as nyumba ntobu (literary means female to female marriages) which is common in Serengeti district and particularly among one ethnic group (name withheld).

Mr. Yatt performs marriages, which are recognized only by the Commune.

Husbands can also take second wives or arrange "temporary marriages," which are religiously acceptable.

Customary marriages, which are allowed under Liberian law, make a wife the property of her husband.

One of the first questions the women ask is whether arranged marriages, which are the norm in the narrow streets of Ghaziabad, are justified.

"This comes as yet another example of the differences between civil partnerships and marriages, which are not immediately apparent," he said.

Consider common-law marriages, which are recognized in 13 states and honored by other states under the "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution.

The party also favors permitting civil marriages, which are not allowed at present, and seeks to end the exemption from military service that ultra-Orthodox Jews receive.

Geneticists prize such marriages, which are common in Pakistan, for their ability to unmask rare recessive genes.