xeer

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xeer (uncountable)

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The traditional legal system of Somalia, believed to predate Islam, in which elders serve as mediators and people are responsible for the actions of their families.

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Xeer is a polycentric legal system where there is no monopolistic institution or agent that determines what the law should be or how it should be interpreted. Source: Internet

Its legal terminology is practically devoid of loan words from foreign languages, suggesting that it is truly indigenous. citation The Xeer legal system also requires a certain amount of specialization of different functions within the legal framework. Source: Internet

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