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Effect of failure to prove customary law
How customary Law can be proved
Nature of proof required for establishing customary law
On whom lies the onus of proving customary Law
Position of the law on mode of proving customary law relating to the selection and appointment of chieftaincy under native law and custom
Principles governing proof of customary law in court
The principle that customary law must be strictly proved
The principle that the evidence of the person asserting the existence of a custom should not be taken as conclusive proof of same
The principle that where an unfamiliar claim is based on native law and custom, that particular law and custom must be established by positive evidence
When a custom will be said to have been judicially noticed
Whether a solitary instance of the application of a customary law entitles the customary law to be judicially noticed
Whether customary law can be judicially noticed on the basis of a single decision of a court of superior jurisdiction
Whether customary law needs to be proved
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