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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Kandyan law canonical 4
Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act 1
Kandyan courts in Ceylon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf customary law ⓘ
legal system ⓘ
administeredBy courts in Sri Lanka ⓘ
appliesToGroup Kandyan Sinhalese ⓘ
linked to: Sinhalese people
appliesToMatter non-consanguineous marriage ⓘ
polygynous marriage (historically) ⓘ
separation of property between spouses ⓘ
appliesToRegion Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ
appliesToReligion primarily Buddhist communities ⓘ
codifiedIn Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan law

various colonial-era ordinances ⓘ
coexistsWith Muslim personal law in Sri Lanka ⓘ
Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Tesawalamai law ⓘ
linked to: Thesavalamai law
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 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Kingdom
influencedBy Buddhist customs ⓘ
Sinhalese customary practices ⓘ
jurisdiction Kandyan provinces (historically) ⓘ
language Sinhala ⓘ
legalStatus personal law ⓘ
legalSystemOf Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ
legalTradition South Asian customary law ⓘ
recognizedBy Sri Lankan legal system ⓘ
relatedTo Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ
history of Sri Lanka ⓘ
statusAfterColonialPeriod partially retained ⓘ
statusAfterIndependence continues as a form of personal law ⓘ
typeOfInheritanceSystem customary inheritance ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kandyan kings → legalSystem → Kandyan law ⓘ
Kandyan Kingdom → knownFor → Kandyan law ⓘ
Kandyan Kingdom → legalSystem → Kandyan customary law ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan law
Muslim courts in Ceylon → distinctFrom → Kandyan courts in Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan law
Thesavalamai law → relatedTo → Kandyan law ⓘ
Kandyan law → codifiedIn → Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan law
House of Kandy → legalSystem → Kandyan law ⓘ