hokom (English: “Holy Law (Islamic law)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Domain represented by the teungkoe meunasah in the gampong, in contrast to the adat represented by the keutjhi’.
Translation
Holy Law (Islamic law)
Description
Domain represented by the teungkoe meunasah in the gampong, in contrast to the adat represented by the keutjhi’.
Significance
The term hokom is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 350.