Tag: Divorce

Divorce

Law – Civil, Social – Welfare

Divorce is the dissolution of marriage between two individuals. Since the early 20th Century, taxed dowries are usually refunded to former husbands after divorce, and on default, women are required to provide sureties for its payment within a specified time. Failure to pay at the expiration of this time will open for the husband the…
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Dipomu system

Culture – Others, Justice, Law – General

Dipomu, in Yoruba language, Di opo mu, meaning ‘catch hold of the post’. Ancient judicial practise in southwest Nigeria in which an offender or anyone who was in trouble sought sanctuary in the king’s palace. A veranda post is usually grabbed to claim the king’s protection. The Dipomu system had been highly effective in divorce…
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