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Malay law
Answer for the clue "Malay law ", 4 letters:
adat
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Adat ( Jawi : عادت) is the generic term derived from Arabic language for describing a variety of local customary practices and tradition as observed by Muslim communitites in North Caucasus , Central Asia and Southeast Asia . Despite its Arabic origin, ...
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n. (context Malaysia English) traditional Malay law.
Usage examples of adat.
And the first law of adat was that you didn't embarrass your neighbors.
They weren't in his program, they weren't in her adat, they weren't in the plans.
And for the Minang, it was: rantau, the tradition of sending young men abroad, was part of the system of adat, custom and obligation.