Kandyan law
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Kandyan law is a traditional legal system of Sri Lanka that governed the highland Kandyan Kingdom, particularly in matters of marriage, inheritance, and customary rights.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kandyan law canonical | 2 |
| Kandyan customary law | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customary law
ⓘ
legal system ⓘ |
| administeredBy | courts in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| appliesToGroup | Kandyan Sinhalese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToMatter |
non-consanguineous marriage
ⓘ
polygynous marriage (historically) ⓘ separation of property between spouses ⓘ |
| appliesToRegion |
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kandyan Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToReligion | primarily Buddhist communities ⓘ |
| codifiedIn |
Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various colonial-era ordinances ⓘ |
| coexistsWith |
Muslim personal law in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Roman-Dutch law NERFINISHED ⓘ Tesawalamai law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| distinguishesBetween | ancestral property and acquired property ⓘ |
| field |
customary rights
ⓘ
family law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| governed |
adoption
ⓘ
divorce ⓘ dowry ⓘ inheritance ⓘ marriage ⓘ property rights ⓘ succession ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
binna marriage
ⓘ
diga marriage ⓘ |
| hasSource |
customary practices transmitted orally
ⓘ
royal decrees of Kandyan kings ⓘ |
| historicalInfluenceOn | modern Sri Lankan family law ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Kandyan Kingdom era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhist customs
ⓘ
Sinhalese customary practices ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Kandyan provinces (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | personal law ⓘ |
| legalSystemOf | Kandyan Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalTradition | South Asian customary law ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Sri Lankan legal system ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kandyan Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
history of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| statusAfterColonialPeriod | partially retained ⓘ |
| statusAfterIndependence | continues as a form of personal law ⓘ |
| typeOfInheritanceSystem | customary inheritance GENERATED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kandyan customary law