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Legal & Customary Codes

Customary Law of the Dera Ismail Khan District

H. St. George Tucker · Punjab Government Civil and Military Gazette Press, Lahore, 1879

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A pioneering codification of customary laws governing the diverse tribes of the trans-Indus frontier, compiled during the regular settlement of Dera Ismail Khan.

Table of contents

  1. Section I: Customary Rights in Land and Water
  2. Section II: Succession and Inheritance among Pathan and Baloch clans
  3. Section III: Alienation of Tribal Property and Pre-emption
  4. Section IV: Marriage, Dower and Guardianship
  5. Section V: Powers of Jirga and Arbitrators in Customary Disputes

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