Theleka - Answers Xhosa custom where woman's family impounds her and keeps her till the husband
delivers marriage goods
Isihewula beast (Southern Nguni) - Answers A beast given for defloration of a women
Public law - Answers Legal relations between a goverment and its subjects
Private law - Answers Describes the legal relationships between individuals and groups in their capacity
as private persons
Legal subject - Answers Any human being who can be the bearer of rights and duties
Original customary law - Answers Customary laws of the indigenous African people prior to the
enactment of the Black Administration Act 38 of 1927
What factors influence a persons status in the agnatic group? - Answers age, sex, marital status,
legitimacy or illegitimacy of birth, adoption, disinheritance, family and house rank and mental state.
Who held the highest position in an agnatic group? - Answers The head of the agnatic group
How does modern customary law differ in law of persons from original customary law - Answers The
emphasis is on the individual person as a human being. The individual is the bearer of rights,powers and
duties
How does modern customary law differ from original customary law in the agnatic group - Answers
Emphasis is on the individual but the individual should not be separated from the group
What is status? - Answers Refers to the a persons legal position or standing and it is this status that
determines a persons powers
Name the 3 important competencies (powers derived directly from objective law) - Answers Legal
capacity
Contractual capacity
Capacity to appear in court
What is legal capacity? - Answers Capacity to have rights and duties
What is contractual capacity - Answers Capacity to enter into legal acts such as entering into a sales
contract
What is Capacity to appear in court? - Answers Capacity to uphold rights and duties in legal proceedings
What does status do? - Answers It either gives or denys an individual certain powers