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January 1974
Mtegha v Longwe (Civil Appeal 93 of 1972) [1974] MWNTAC 1 (23 January 1974)
A widow who refuses levirate succession under customary law may obtain a divorce and is free to remarry.
  • Customary law — widow’s rights on husband’s death — choice between levirate succession and freedom to remarry — refusal to enter succession permits divorce.
23 January 1974