These changes brought the customary rights of lay rulers such as John over ecclesiastical appointments into question.

He did not say the bill gave the President the customary right to "waive" penalties if he thinks them against the national interest.

To promote a legal regime that will ensure the traditional and customary rights of fishing communities to the fishery under the national jurisdiction.

However, the customary right to refuse military service was now denied them.

He supervised the customary rights of forest inhabitants, and sometimes bore hardly upon them.

In 1458, Leuk codified the customary rights of the citizens into law.

Agricultural workers live in a 'first Virtue', a natural order based on customary rights and usages.

As per the customary rights, they too were entitled to one-third or an equal share of the net produce.

The customary rights of the indigenous Giraavaru people were not recognised in that document.

Before 1970 all other land (unregistered) belonged to the state, which held ownership in trust for the people, who had customary rights to it.