Every adult African male was required to pay a labour tax of two pounds, with another two pounds for the second and each additional wife of a polygynist.    From Wordnik.com.  [file:///D:/Data/HTML/BOOKS/src/sfsa03.txt] Reference

Even without that, I don't know that the poly community -- or even the religious polygynist communities -- have got a handle on the issues that are the core of marriage as a legal institution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference

Rambam excluded the levirate wife from the condition to prohibit the husband from taking another wife because he considered the precept of yibbum as taking precedence, both because he lived in a polygynist milieu and because the husband did not seek out the marriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Legal-Religious Status of the Married Woman.] Reference

It doesn’t change the underlying problem, and it’s likely to leave many of the women worse off — instead of the women being in a recognized relationship with rights to support, men with polygynist tendencies in our society leave a trail of mistresses, single mothers, and cast-off first wives.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Surplus of Males and Runaway (with the Bride-Price) Brides:] Reference