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Barooah Jeuti

Customary laws of the Tripuris of Tripura : With special reference to their land holding system - Gauhati Law Research Institute 2009 - 123p xxvi

CONTENTS:
FOREWORD;
PREFACE;
NOTE FROM THE REFEREE;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT;
1. INTRODUCTION 1-14;
The Tripur Kshatriyas;
Land and People;
Objectives & Methology of the study;
2. CUSTOMARY LAWS OF THE TRIPURI SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS 15-30;
Family;
Marriage;
Divorce;
Status of Women;
Minority and Guardianship;
Fostering;
Adoption;
Maintenanc;
3. LAND HOLDING SYSTEM AMONG THE TRIPURIS 31 – 58;
An Overview;
Community Ownership of Land;
Jhum Cultivation;
Settled Cultivation;
Modes of Transfer of Property;
4. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AMONG THE TRIPURIS 59 – 78;
Classes of Courts;
Oath and Ordeal;
Nature and Degree of Punishment;
5. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 79 – 85;
APPENDICES 86 – 114;
GLOSSARY 115 – 117;
BIBLIOGRAPHY 118-121;
INDEX 122- 123.


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