Simple question

[Trazor]

Can a man marry his widow's sister?

 

[Alastairreid]

lol no he is deed

 

[Trazor]

I see no one has given me the correct answer yet.

 

[vokera80e]

yes...if he's the the vicar...

 

[swidders]

Can a man marry his widow's sister?

Definition:
A widow is a woman whose husband has died. A man whose wife has died is a widower

The man is dead and cannot fulfil the legal requirements of the procedure. Thus no

Nor could he have married her prior to his death, since he would still be married to his first wife. Unless you are permitting polygamous arrangements, in which case yes, in which case his widows sister, like her, is a widow.

 

[Trazor]

Can a man marry his widow's sister?

Definition:
A widow is a woman whose husband has died. A man whose wife has died is a widower

The man is dead and cannot fulfil the legal requirements of the procedure. Thus no

Nor could he have married her prior to his death, since he would still be married to his first wife. Unless you are permitting polygamous arrangements, in which case yes, in which case his widows sister, like her, is a widow.

Thats not bad, but you need to think a little further.

Polygamy is not allowed.

 

[swidders]

Thats not bad, but you need to think a little further.

Discounting afterlife and siamese twins scenarios, I can presently see no other way other than suggested in that he is already married to his wife's sister unless he has previously been married to a bigamous man who has become a widow, in which case he can marry the man's (his widow's) sister

 

[Trazor]

Thats not bad, but you need to think a little further.

Discounting afterlife and siamese twins scenarios, I can presently see no other way other than suggested in that he is already married to his wife's sister

No siamese twins, no polygamy.

 

[swidders]

... unless is married to a bigamous man who has become a widow, in which case he can marry the man's (his widow's) sister

 

[Trazor]

... unless is married to a bigamous man who has become a widow, in which case he can marry the man's (his widow's) sister

No Bigamy allowed.

 

[swidders]

No Bigamy allowed.

He could have been married previously to his new wife's sister. Solved!!!

 

[Trazor]

He could have been married previously to his new wife's sister. Solved!!!

Correct........

Call the 2 sisters, sister A and sister B.

The man marries sister A, who dies.
He then marries sister B.
The man then dies.
Sister B is now his widow.

So he has married his widow's sister.

 

[swidders]

He could have been married previously to his new wife's sister. Solved!!!

Correct........

Call the 2 sisters, sister A and sister B.

The man marries sister A, who dies.
He then marries sister B.
The man then dies.
Sister B is now his widow.

So he has married his widow's sister.

My wife solved it in 3 seconds flat. Think she's plotting something