Principle

CUSTOMARY LAW — Yoruba Customary Law — Land Transaction — Slaughtering of Goat — Effect Under Nnokwa Customary Law

Area of law
CUSTOMARY LAW
Court
Supreme Court

Specific customs may give symbolic acts legal significance. The slaughtering of a goat may indicate an irrevocable land transaction. Unchallenged evidence of custom may be accepted. The principle applies to all customary law systems. The court will examine the pleaded custom. The party opposing the…

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