Adat Perpatih

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Adat Perpatih is a traditional matrilineal customary law system practiced by the Minangkabau-descended communities of Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia, governing inheritance, social organization, and cultural practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf customary law system ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
matrilineal kinship system ⓘ
traditional legal system ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Minangkabau-descended communities of Negeri Sembilan ⓘ
codifiedIn oral tradition ⓘ
coexistsWith Adat Temenggung ⓘ
Islamic law in Malaysia ⓘ
Malaysian civil law ⓘ
culturalFunction maintenance of clan identity ⓘ
regulation of communal land (tanah pusaka) ⓘ
regulation of marriage alliances ⓘ
emphasizesValue clan solidarity ⓘ
communal responsibility ⓘ
consensus-based decision making (musyawarah) ⓘ
genderRolePrinciple men as political and religious leaders ⓘ
women as custodians of ancestral property ⓘ
governs clan relations ⓘ
customary dispute resolution ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
marriage customs ⓘ
social organization ⓘ
hasOrigin Minangkabau people ⓘ
linked to: Minangkabau

West Sumatra ⓘ
influencedBy Minangkabau adat law ⓘ
kinshipPrinciple matrilineal descent ⓘ
languageOfPractice Malay ⓘ
legalDomain family law ⓘ
inheritance law ⓘ
land tenure ⓘ
marriageRule exogamous marriage between different clans ⓘ
practicedIn Malaysia ⓘ
Negeri Sembilan ⓘ
propertyInheritanceRule ancestral land inherited through female line ⓘ
clan property held collectively by women ⓘ
recognizedAs distinctive feature of Negeri Sembilan Malay culture ⓘ
recognizesInstitution Buapak (lineage head) ⓘ
Lembaga (clan chief) ⓘ
Undang (territorial chief) ⓘ
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan ⓘ
regionSpecificTo Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan ⓘ
Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan ⓘ
linked to: Kuala Pilah

Rembau, Negeri Sembilan ⓘ
Seremban, Negeri Sembilan ⓘ
linked to: Seremban
socialStructure clan-based villages ⓘ
matrilineal clans ⓘ
successionPrinciple selection of rulers by Undang chiefs ⓘ
timePeriodOfDevelopment pre-colonial era in the Malay world ⓘ

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Negeri Sembilan → hasTraditionalLaw → Adat Perpatih ⓘ
Undang of Sungai Ujong → follows → Adat Perpatih ⓘ
Lembaga (clan chief) → partOf → Adat Perpatih system ⓘ
linked to: Adat Perpatih
Lembaga (clan chief) → associatedWith → Adat Perpatih customary law ⓘ
linked to: Adat Perpatih
Jelebu → hasCulturalPractice → Adat Perpatih customary law tradition ⓘ
subject linked to: Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan
linked to: Adat Perpatih
Undang of Johol → basedOn → Adat Perpatih matrilineal customary law ⓘ
linked to: Adat Perpatih
Undang of Rembau → appliesSystem → adat perpatih ⓘ
linked to: Adat Perpatih
Daerah Rembau → usesCustomaryLaw → Adat Perpatih ⓘ
Luak Ulu Muar → followsAdat → Adat Perpatih ⓘ
Negeri Sembilan monarchy → influencedBy → Adat Perpatih ⓘ
Negeri Sembilan royal institutions → basedOn → adat perpatih ⓘ
linked to: Adat Perpatih