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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 734 — Chapter V · EARLY HISTORY OF DIVORCE

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Rehme, "Ueber das Recht der Amaxosa," ZVR., X, 38, 39; cf. Post, Afrikanische Jurisprudenz, I, 436. Fritsch, Die Eingeborenen Süd-Afrikas, 113, says that in cases of very cruel treatment the wife may abandon the husband and return to her family; to get her back the husband has to make an after-payment.

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