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From: amk@whuxl.UUCP (KRONISH)
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Subject: Re: Re: ANSWERS TO IDIOT TEST
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 09:21:13 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 10 09:21:13 1986
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> >  7. Is it legal in N.J. for a man to marry his widow's sister?
> >         Only if it's legal for a dead man to marry anyone
> >                     ==----=====   Arden M. Kronish
> 
> 
> A variation on this question is:  "Is it legal for a man to
> be married to his widow's sister?"  The answer is YES.
> 
> Here is how:
> 		1)  Man marries woman A.
> 		2)  Man and woman A are divorced.
> 		3)  Man marries woman B, who is woman A's sister.
> 		4)  Man dies.
> 
> Since woman A is woman B's sister, and Man was married to woman A,
> AT ONE TIME, HE WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIDOW'S SISTER (A).
> 

     Reread the question. "To Marry", not "Be married to". A
     small matter of semantics, but crucial to the answer.
     Your way of wording the question is a horse of another
     color.
> Now don't you feel elevated?
> 
> -- 
> Daniel J. Barrett
> Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
> Johns Hopkins University
> Baltimore, MD  21218

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