| 1. | Both levirate and sororate may result in a man having multiple wives.
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| 2. | There is evidence that sororate marriage existed in ancient China.
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| 3. | Levirate marriage and junior sororate marriage are permitted for the Hindu Bania caste.
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| 4. | Sororate marriage is practiced by the Swazi people and for the same reasons as stated.
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| 5. | Sororate continued throughout the length of the Liao dynasty, despite laws banning the practice.
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| 6. | :First I had to look up Sororate marriage to now what you're talking about.
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| 7. | The sororate is like the levirate, in that a widower must marry the sister of his dead wife.
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| 8. | Polygamy was not restricted only to sororate, with some men having three or more wives, only some of whom were sisters.
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| 9. | Both Levirate and Sororate are practiced to guarantee the well being of children and ensure that any inheritance of land will stay within the family.
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| 10. | Some men also practiced sororate marriage, that is, a marriage to a former wife's sister or a polygynous marriage to both sisters.
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