The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir

CHAPTER XX. Political organization: Customs regulating domestic

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relations and family property; procedure for the attainment of justice

Family property Rules of inheritance Rules governing the relations of the sexes Moral offenses Marriage contracts and payments Illegitimate children Extent of authority of father and husband Residence of the husband Crimes and their penalties Crimes The private seizure Penalties for minor offenses Customary procedure Preliminaries to arbitration General features of a greater arbitration Determination of guilt By witnesses By oaths By the testimony of the accused By ordeals The hot-water ordeal The diving ordeal The candle ordeal By circumstantial evidence Enforcement of the sentence