Author: Diwan, Paras
Title: Customary Law of Punjab and Haryana
Description: Chandigarh, Panjab University, (2006). 5th Edition, orig.boards, dustwrapper.. 24x16cm, viii,366 pp.. ISBN: 8185322066. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Preliminary: Customary Law versus Personal law; Custom: Origin & Nature; Essentials of a Valid Custom; Proof of Custom; Custom: The First Rule of Decision; Application of Customary Law: Territorial & Personal; Family Law: Marriage; Divorce & Other Matrimonial Reliefs; Dower (Mahr); Adoption, Appointment of Heir; Khana-Damas & Acknowledgement of Paternity; Guardianship; Ancestral Property & Its Alientation; Customary Family & Ancestral Property; Alienations. General; Alienation for Necessity; Voluntary Transfers: Gifts & Wills; Woman's Property; Alienation by Females; Reversioners & their Right to Challenge Alienations; Miscellaneous: Village Common Land, Villiage Proprietary Body; Absentee Proprietor; & Religious Institutions; Appendices.

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