verstootingsbrief (English: “divorce / repudiation letter”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Letter a husband sends to the village authorities announcing he has repudiated his wife; the wife need not be present.
Translation
divorce / repudiation letter
Description
Letter a husband sends to the village authorities announcing he has repudiated his wife; the wife need not be present.
Significance
The term verstootingsbrief 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. 133.