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Author Cory, Hans, author

Title Customary law of the Haya Tribe : Tanganyika territory / Hans Cory, M.M. Hartnoll
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Published London : Routledge, 2018

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Contents Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; INHERITANCE; THE HEIRS; HEIRS OF WOMEN; THE RIGHT OF THE BAKAMA TO CHANGE SEQUENCE OF HEIR.; WILLS; Form of Will; Nomination of Heir; Witnesses; Disinheritance; Revocation of a Will; Lost Will; Deposit of Testament; Registration of Testament; Wishes and Legacies; Female Testators; OBUCHWEKE; DIVISION OF PROPERTY; LAND; CROPS; LIVESTOCK; MONEY; COFFEE IN STORE; TOOLS; CLOTH; SONLESS WIDOWS; ASSETS AND LIABILITIES; GIFTS; STATUS OF CHILDREN; LEGITIMATE CHILDREN; STEP-CHILDREN
CHILDREN OF UNMARRIED WIDOWSCHILDREN OF REMARRIED WIDOWS; ILLEGITIMATE CHILD; ADOPTED SON; MWANA WA KIZARWA; MWANA WA BISISI; TWINS; RULES; ADMINISTRATOR; APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR; DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR; RIGHTS OF ADMINISTRATOR; EXECUTOR; GUARDIANSHIP; 1 . IF THE DECEASED LEAVES HEIRS UNDER AGE; 2. IF A PERSON ENTITLED TO INHERIT IS ABSENT; 3. IF THE DECEASED LEFT ONLY FEMALE DEPENDENTS; MAINTENANCE OF DEPENDENTS; BRIDEPRICE; METHODS OF PAYMENT; 1. Brideprice paid in full before marriage; 2. Brideprice paid in instalments during married life
3. Bride-price paid ininstalments before marriage4. A nominal brideprice is paid; RECEIVING THE BRIDEPRICE; DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRIDEPRICE; REIMBURSEMENT OF BRIDEPRICE; Repayment of brideprice in excess of the legal amount; Refusal to receive repayment of brideprice; Time-limits for actions in Court; BRIDEPRICE PAID WITH CATTLE; DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRIDEPRICE; Obligations of a father-in-law if the cow dies; REIMBURSEMENT OF BRIDEPRICE; BRIDEPRICE PAID WITH GOATS; THE RITUAL GOAT; BRIDEPRICE FOR THE DESCENDANTS OF EX-SLAVES; MARRIAGE; GENERAL RULES; FORMS OF MARRIAGE; 1. BUSHWERE; 2. KULEHYA
3. KUTEZA OMUSIKA AMAJUTA4 . KUNAGISA EBIGERE; 5. KUNYWEGEZA OR KUKWASA AMAGURU; 6 . KUSHUTULA; SEDUCTION; REMARRIAGE; 1. Sonless widows and all divorced women.; 2. Widows with sons; 3. Inherited widows; 4. Widower and his deceased wife's sister; LEGALITY OF MARRIAGE; REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES; RESTRICTIONS OF MARRIAGE; 1. Marriage prohibited by exogamy.; 2. Marriage prohibited by consanguinity; 3. Marriage prohibited by affinity; 4. Marriage prohibited by blood-brotherhood.; 5. Marriage prohibited by custom; 6. Marriage prohibited by Obwiko; CONSEQUENCES OF TRANSGRESSION; POLYGAMY; DIVORCE
GENERAL PROCEDURERECOGNIZED GROUNDS OF DIVORCE; For a Husband; I . ADULTERY; 1. Adultery in flagrante delicto; 2. Adultery of a wife under certain circumstances during her husband's absence. (All districts except Kiziba and Missenyi.); ONUS OF PROOF OF A WOMAN'S ELIGIBILITY; The penalty for adultery; I I . DESERTION; I I I . NEGLECT OF DOMESTIC DUTIES; IV. SYPHILIS:; V. IRREGULARITIES WITH REGARD TO BIRTH OF CHILDREN.; For a wife; VI. CRUELTY; VII. IMPOTENCE; VIII. NEGLECT OF MAINTENANCE; IX. BREACH OF DOMESTIC CUSTOMS; For either husband or wife; X. NEGLECT OF CONJUGAL DUTIES
Notes <P><STRONG>Part 1: Inheritance</STRONG> 1. The Heirs </P><P>2. Heirs of Women </P><P>3. Right of Bakama to Change Heirs </P><P>4. Wills</P><P>5. Obuchweke </P><P>6. Divison of Property </P><P>7. Gifts </P><P>8. Status of Children </P><P>9. Administrator </P><P>10. Executor </P><P>11. Guardianship </P><P>12. Maintenance of Dependents </P><P><STRONG>Part 2: Brideprice</STRONG> 13. Methods of Payment </P><P>14. Receiving the Brideprice </P><P>15. Distribution of Brideprice </P><P>16. Reimbusement of Brideprice </P><P>17. Brideprice Paid in Cattle </P><P>18. Brideprice Paid with Goats </P><P>19. The Ritual Goat </P><P>20. Brideprice for Descendents of Ex-Slaves </P><P><STRONG>Part 3: Marriage</STRONG> 21. General Rules </P><P>22. Forms of Marriage </P><P>23. Seduction </P><P>24. Re-Marriage </P><P>25. Legality of Marriage </P><P>26. Christian Marriages </P><P>27. Restriction Relating to Marriage </P><P>28. Consequences of Transgression </P><P><STRONG>Part 4: Divorce</STRONG> </P><P>29. General Procedure </P><P>30. Recognised Grounds for Divorce </P><P>31. Legal Effects of Divorce </P><P>32. Time From Which Divorce Takes Effect </P><P><STRONG>Part 5: Law of Property </STRONG></P><P>33. Real Property: General Rules </P><P>34. Public Tenure </P><P>35. Individual Tenure </P><P>36. Family Tenure </P><P>37. Communal Tenure </P><P>38. Squatter Tenure </P><P>39. Forests </P><P>40. Land Held by Virtue of Office </P><P>41. Trees Dedicated to Spirits </P><P>42. Water Rights </P><P>43. Rights of Way </P><P>44. Public Fuel Rights </P><P>45. Right to Cut Grass </P><P>46. Right to Collect Stones </P><P>47. Cattle Law </P><P>48. Law for Sheep and Goats </P><P>49. Fishing in Lake Victoria Nyanza </P><P>50. Sale </P><P>51. Loan </P><P>52. Pledge </P><P>53. Goods Deposited for Safe Keeping </P><P><STRONG>Part 6: Courts </STRONG></P><P>54. Court of Village Elders </P><P>55. Council of Village Elders </P><P>56. Court of Clan Elders </P><P>57. Chief's Private Court </P><P>58. Court of Cattle Owners </P><P>59. Court of Fishermen </P><P>60. Legal Procedure in Pre-European Times. </P>
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Subject Law, Haya.
Customary law -- Tanzania.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
Customary law
Law, Haya
Tanzania
Form Electronic book
Author Hartnoll, M. M., author
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