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A comment on Somali Law.

Re:Somali Law by tomcam on Sunday October 30, 2022 @04:51AM (#33392521)
Introduces the term “Jiffo paying group“ without explanation, although it does explain the term “dia paying group“ or did I miss something
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Re:Somali Law by camelboy on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:57AM (#33392914)
> The dia-paying group’s membership and internal rules are defined by explicit contract.12 In most cases it is made up of a number of jiffo-paying groups, each of which may consist of the descendants in the paternal line of a single common ancestor, or several such.

The jiffo-paying group is a subset of dia-paying group

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Re:Somali Law by tomcam on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:15AM (#33393029)
That helps my comprehension a ton, thanks! Not sure why I missed it.
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