4.4, THE NEGRI SEMBILAN. 
1. The married man shall look to his wife’s male relatioms 
for assistance in any questions regarding his wife or her pro- © 
perty. : 
2. The people of the tribe shall look to the heads of fami- 
lies (elders) in each tribe for assistance in all difficulties. 
3. The heads of families (elders) shall look to the Lém- 
baga. 
4. The Lémbaga shall look to the Undang (Pénghilu). 
5. The Undang shall look to the Ka’ddilan (the Sultan). 
I will take these sayings one by one. As property all goes 
in the female line, it is necessary that the female 
Orang Sé- shall have every protection. Her husband can- 
ees kapada not mortgage or sell her property. He cannot 
Témpat Sémén- : . : 
a touch it. If he brings money or property into 
his wife’s house, it is necessary for him to call 
the 7émpat Séménda,* that is, the male relations of his wife to- 
gether, and declare the property that he brings, in order that, 
in cases of death or divorce, there may be no question with 
regard to such property. This is generally done with a feast 
a goat slaughtered, or in some cases a buffalo. If the husbana 
does not declare property (wang atau herta mémbawa’),t he 
cannot claim in case of contingencies, such as divorce or 
death, settlement on his children, &c., and such property 
lapses to the woman, his widow. The debt of a man cannot 
be claimed against the property of his wife, unless there is 
personal property as described, but can be claimed against 
his herta pésdka,t that is, the property of his mother, or, if 
dead, of her heirs. In all cases of debts, or in fines inflicted 
on a man and unpaid, and failing personal property, the her- 
ta pésdka can be seized not the herta séménda. It is the 
duty of the /du Bdpa and the Lémbiéga to give every as- 
sistance in this matter. Execution was very rare in these 
States; in all criminal cases, from murder downwards, fines 
Lit. place where he married. 
+ Money or property brought, 
t Inherited property. (Sansk, ‘arta,’ goods; ‘push’, to divide.) 
D; F, Ae da. 
