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‖ adat|ˈadat|
Also 8 addat.
[Malay, f. Arab. ﻋāda custom, customary law.]
In the Islamic regions of S.E. Asia: custom, or customary law, particularly in contrast to Islamic religious law. Freq. attrib., as adat law.
1783W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 178 That does not affect their addat or customs. 1839T. J. Newbold Straits of Malacca II xiv. 265 Such is the adat. 1906A. W. S. O'Sullivan tr. Snouck Hurgronje's Achehnese I. i. 77 There are..individual cases which are controlled by an adat of native growth. 1927Jrnl. Compar. Legislation IX. 149 (heading) Indonesian adat law. 1964Wang Gungwu Malaysia 15 The majority of people shared..similar sets of customs and adat law. 1978M. B. Hooker Conc. Legal Hist. S.-E. Asia v. 149 The conflict between adat and Islam occurs in all the states of Malaysia and is essentially concerned with the distribution of property arising out of death or divorce. |