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A betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands
The husband’s lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.
Adultery or Fornication results in a fine of $500 and/or 6 months in prison.
97-29-1. Adultery and fornication; unlawful cohabitation. If any man and woman shall unlawfully cohabit, whether in adultery or fornication, they shall be fined in any sum not more than five hundred dollars each, and imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months; and it shall not be necessary, to constitute the offense, that…
Men from the Orakama tribe are not permitted to eat their second wife.
The implications for the first wife are apparent.
Adultery is illegal, but can only be punished upon a complaint by the affected husband or wife.
750.30 Adultery; punishment. Sec. 30. Punishment. Any person who shall commit adultery shall be guilty of a felony; and when the crime is committed between a married woman and a man who is unmarried, the man shall be guilty of adultery, and liable to the same punishment. History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931…
Interracial marriages are illegal.
Constitution of Tennessee Article XI: Miscellaneous Provisions: Section 14 The intermarriage of white persons with negroes, mulattoes, or persons of mixed blood, descended from a negro to the third generation inclusive of their living together as man and wife in this State is prohibited. The legislature shall enforce this section by appropriate legislation.