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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.
Unmarried people are prohibited from having sex.
However, if caught, the lovers are both fined only 10 dollars
It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.
The “Rule of Thumb” originated in Rome, under the rule of Romulus, in approximately 753 BC. It dictated how large of a stick that a husband could use to beat his wife. Almost 1000 years later, women briefly had “rights” if their beatings were unjustified. However, those rights were short-lived, lasting only about 100 years….
Persons with gonorrhea may not marry.
42-102 Minimum age; affliction with venereal disease, disqualification. At the time of the marriage the male must be of the age of seventeen years or upward, and the female of the age of seventeen years or upward. No person who is afflicted with a venereal disease shall marry in this state.
A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is physically impotent.
Chapter 51. Marriage ARTICLE 1. General Provisions. § 51-3. Want of capacity; void and voidable marriages. All marriages between any two persons nearer of kin thanfirst cousins, or between double first cousins, or between a maleperson under 16 years of age and any female, or between a femaleperson under 16 years of age and any…
Any person who commits adultery shall be fined at least twenty dollars.
61-8-3. Adultery and fornication; penalty. If any person commit adultery or fornication, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty dollars.