By 
(cherat 
death, 
matt.) 
Duties of 
widow. 
Divorce dur- 
ing life time of 
both parties. 
(Cherat hit- 
hup).' 
By\redemp- 
tion at the in- 
stance 
wife 
Talak.) 
of the 
{ Tebus 
ss REMBAU HISTORY, BTC. 
On the dissolution of marriage by death the burial expenses 
are normally met from the earnings of married life. If the 
wife survive she must return to her mother-in-law the per- 
sonal apparel (batang tuboh) of the deceased. Custom defines 
the batang twboh as one pair of trousers, one coat, one sarong, 
one kris, one sword, one dagger, one gun, and one handker- 
chief: but practice confines it to the actual clothing of the 
deceased. 
On remarriage the woman sends back to the family of her 
dead husband, the actual es and mattress of their bridal 
bed. (tikar honkal) 
Divorce during life-time as practised in Rembau is of 
three kinds :— 
I. The divorce at the instance of the man. 
Any, or no cause may theoretically be given by the hus- 
band for divorce. The announcement need not be made in 
the presence of witnesses, and notification by letter is valid. 
Normally the man informs some male relative of the wife of 
his intention to divorce and pays 15 cents as a fee of parting 
(timbang kasudahan) If he desire to express dissatisfaction 
with the treatment received at his wife’s hands, he pays two 
cents only. At any time within the period of purification 
following divorce (edah) he may resume cohabitation, (méru- 
jok) or his wife may without prejudice to her modesty, invite 
him to return (yéput). 
II. The divorce by redemption Mi the instance of the 
wife (tebus talak). 
A woman ean divorce her husband only if he consent to 
be bought out of his marital rights. In Rembau, the man 
fixes the price, and may demand anv reasonable sum. Custom 
prescribes no redemption price for divorce by redemption owes | 
its validity not to custom, but to acceptance of Mohamedan 
legal practice.” 
(1) In the Kélémak Kathiship of Naning the price has been fixed 
by convention at $100. © 
Jour. Straits Branch 
