[ pustom 



omprises 

 [ i hree 



! j tranches : — - 

 |;i) the law 

 |ji>f nature, 

 |;2) the law 

 |)f man, 

 |{3) the law* 

 |)f God. 

 ,: |[ts function 

 b t s different 

 r .; ? rom that 

 c;)f Muham- 

 [ nadan law. 



26 JELEBU CUSTOMARY SONGS AND SAYINGS. 



Keputusan adat tiga perkara: — 



f l! And the 

 . ; evidence re- 

 quired by it 

 ! 'different. 



Custom 

 ; | accepts cir- 

 1 1 cumstantial 



evidence of 

 'theft 



Pertama adat mansiang 1 ia-itu terjali, 



Kedua adat tiang ia-itu adat berkebulatan, 



Ketiga adat kitabu'llah ia-itu hukum Kuran 



Pa da adat menghilangkan rang burok, 

 Memmbulkan yang baik; 

 Pada shara* menyuroh berbuat baik, 

 Meninggalkan berbuat jahat. 



Adat bersendi hukum, 



Hukum bersendi kitabu'llah. 



Kuat adat, ta' gadoh hukum, 



Kuat hukum, ta' gadoh adat. 



Ibu hukum muafakat, 



Ibu adat muafakat. 



Adat bertanda, hukum bersaksi; 



Adat yang tiba ka-gelap menjala, 



Tiba ka-terang menumpu ; 



Tinggi di-sigai, 



Keras di-takek, 



Lembut di-sudu. 



Sah, kata adat, 



Apa-bila tertanda, terbeti ; 



Terkejar, terlelah; 



Terpakok, terpauk ; 



Dekat, tertunjokkan : 



Jauh, terkatakan. 



TIndang-undang churi : 



ang dua-belas — 



2 terpalang, 2 din-ding teretas, 



ejar terlelah, 



lu't terampas, 

 I erchinchang terpakok, 

 I )i-geda,bang, di-gedabekkan, 3 

 Di-serang, di-kelekai, 

 Xama kinchang kichoh, 

 Beranggur, kalak-kalak, 4 

 Tiga kali empat sa-puloh dua. 



i E.g. Patah tumboh 'when an officer dies, a successor must 

 be chosen' is adat mansiang: hilang berganti 'if an officer 

 vanishes, another must be chosen in his place' is adat tiang — 

 for if a man goes into the forest and does not return, it is pre- 

 sumed by the adat tiang that he is dead. — A.C. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



