Oelèëbalang-kali is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Unsalaried advisors in the landschapsgerecht; receive part of civil court costs as reward.
Description
Unsalaried advisors in the landschapsgerecht; receive part of civil court costs as reward. Their advice in criminal cases is unusable (based on Mohammedan law, e.g. hand-amputation for theft).
Significance
The term Oelèëbalang-kali 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. 351.