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Is it legal to be married to several people at the same time?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Naturalisation no. 110
Est-ce légal d'être marié à plusieurs personnes en même temps ?
Is it legal to be married to several people at the same time?
Answer. No. Polygamy is illegal in France.
Non. La polygamie est interdite en France.
In France, a person can be married to only one person at a time. To remarry, the first marriage must first have ended, through divorce or death.
The official text that proves it
« On ne peut contracter un second mariage avant la dissolution du premier. »
No one may contract a second marriage before the dissolution of the first.
In French, with its English meaning.
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