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Bini Customary Law of inheritance

Condition for acquiring a valid title to land under Bini Customary Law

Customary rites that an aspirant for the Ogiugo throne would have to perform as a condition precedent for his success in that contest

Effect of the Oba of Benin's approval on a land application

Nature of title to land under Bini customary Law

Order of priority under the Bini customary law where there are competing interests to land

Ownership of land under Bini customary Law

Procedure for the acquisition of land under Bini Customary Law

The principles of distribution of estate according to Bini Customary Law

The requirements of customary law for obtaining valid titles to native lands in Benin

What the Igiogbe entails; whether the Igiogbe can be devised by Will to a person other than the eldest son

Whether Oba of Benin can single-handedly appoint the Ogiugo

Whether succession to the title of Enogie is governed by the principle of primogeniture

Whether the approval of any grant or transfer of land according to Benin customary law by the Oba of Benin is a most crucial factor

Whether the customs of land allocation in Benin are judicially noticed

Whether the principle of primogeniture applies strictly to the selection or election of the Ogiugo at Ugoneki

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