verstootingsbrief is a document described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. Letter by which a Muslim husband in Aceh notifies the village authorities that he has repudiated his wife; the wife need not be present.

Parties

husband to village authorities

Subject

Letter by which a Muslim husband in Aceh notifies the village authorities that he has repudiated his wife; the wife need not be present. He may even pronounce the three repudiations simultaneously.

Significance

verstootingsbrief is recorded by Jongejan as part of the documentary record 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.