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H). A man may marry the wife of his brother or 
father after their death, provided, in the latter case, 
the woman is not his own mother. 
11. A man may also marry his father’s daughter, 
if she had not the same mother with himself. 
The penalties we have recounted are inflicted in the 
most summary manner. Indeed, an injured person, 
who has suffered considerably, if the case be noto¬ 
riously flagrant, may execute justice himself, without 
sending the criminal to the filoubei, or waiting his 
sentence. Sometimes, also, a thief, caught in the act, 
if he be an old offender, is put to death on the spot, 
without further ceremony. 
Massinpoh relates to the behaviour of private per¬ 
sons, in their employments, trades, conversation, 
support of their families, manner of living, and under¬ 
takings. It may, in fact, be called the law of courtesy, 
as it takes cognizance of offences committed against 
the rules of good neighbourhood, and regulates the 
private transactions between man and man. By this 
law, if a married woman, who is separated from her 
husband, should have children by another man, the 
children are the property of the husband, unless she be 
married again, and with his consent, which is seldom 
obtained, till the tacq, or dowry, which her first husband 
paid to her father upon their marriage, is returned. 
Massintane is the general and particular custom of 
the country — the solid foundation and standard of 
their conduct on all occasions ; as their manner of 
