Thesavalamai law
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Thesavalamai law is a traditional set of customary laws governing property, inheritance, and family matters among the Tamil inhabitants of northern Sri Lanka.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sri Lankan law
ⓘ
customary law ⓘ legal system ⓘ |
| appliedBy | courts of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesBasedOn |
domicile in Jaffna Peninsula
ⓘ
ethnicity ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Jaffna Tamils
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tamil inhabitants of northern Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| appliesToReligion | primarily Hindu Tamils ⓘ |
| codifiedBy | Dutch colonial administration in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Thesavalamai Regulation No. 18 of 1806 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sri Lankan Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicSubgroup | Jaffna Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
community-specific inheritance rules
ⓘ
distinction between ancestral property and acquired property ⓘ special rules on dowry ⓘ |
| governs |
divorce
ⓘ
family matters ⓘ inheritance ⓘ marriage ⓘ matrimonial property ⓘ property ⓘ succession ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Thesavalamai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | customs of Tamil inhabitants of Jaffna ⓘ |
| influencedBy | pre-colonial Tamil customs ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Jaffna Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Province of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystemType |
community-specific law
ⓘ
personal law ⓘ |
| legalTradition | customary Tamil law in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| periodOfCodification | early 19th century ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Sri Lankan legal system ⓘ |
| regulates |
disposition of immovable property
ⓘ
rights of spouses over property ⓘ testamentary succession ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kandyan law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muslim personal law in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| scopeLimitation | mainly immovable property in Jaffna ⓘ |
| status | in force ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
civil law
ⓘ
family law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
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