Polyandry
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The state of a woman who has several husbands. Polyandry is legalized only in Thibet. POLYGAMIA EST PLURIUM SIMUL Vlrorum uxorumve connubium. Polygamy is the marriage with many husbands or wives at one time. 3 Inst. 88.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The state of a woman who has several husbands. Polyandry is legalized only in Thibet It is inconsistent with the law of nature. See Law of Nature.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See note 3, infra.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
The civil condition of having more husbands than one; a social order permitting plurality of husbands. BurriU does not mention this term, and defines polygamy as the having more than one wife or husband at the same time. Some other authorities confine polygamy to plurality of wives, and employ polyandry as the complementary term. Bouvier says that polyandry is legalized only in Thibet; therefore, the importance of a distinct name for it is not probably very great. It is noticeable that bigamy is used of marriages of either sex: a woman is said to be guilty of bigamy equally with a man.