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Endogamy has been common among extant and historical aristocracies, religious groups, ethnic groups, and social classes. Expectations of caste endogamy persist in parts of India and the Indian diaspora, although many claim that this is a form of caste discrimination, a practice made illegal in the mid-20th century. (copy)

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Endogamy has been common among extant and historical aristocracies (copy)

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Endogamy, custom enjoining one to marry within one’s own group. The penalties for transgressing endogamous restrictions have varied greatly among cultures and have ranged from death to mild disapproval. When marriage to an outside group is mandated, it is referred to as exogamy. (copy)

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Endogamy, custom enjoining one to marry within one’s own group. (copy)

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In earlier times bigamy was dealt with by ecclesiastical courts. After the Reformation, the English Parliament enacted statutes defining and punishing the offense, and similar steps were taken elsewhere. Such statutes vary in form and substance. Typically, they forbid marriage by or with any person “having a husband or wife living,” with specified exceptions for cases where the earlier marriage was invalid or was terminated by divorce or where the prior spouse has disappeared and is believed dead. (copy)

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Bigamy, the unlawful contracting of a marriage by or with a person who is already married to another. (copy)

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In the United States, the history of same-sex marriage dates from the early 1940s, when the first lawsuits seeking legal recognition of same-sex relationships brought the question of civil marriage rights and benefits for same-sex couples to public attention though they proved unsuccessful