Forms or types of marriage in different communities and cultural groups differ as to their customs and practices. Its forms also vary in different stages of social develop It can be classified into different types on different basis; some of its classifications are below.
POLYGAMY:
Polygamy is a form of marriage where a member if one sex marries two or more members of the opposite sex. In other words, when a person marries more than one person from opposite sex it is polygamy. Thus polygamy allows a man to marry more than one woman or a woman to marry more than one man. Polygamy is of three types. They are polygyny, polyandry and group marriage.