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MTUDA v NDUDZO 2000 (1) ZLR 710 (H)

2000 (1) ZLR p710

Citation

2000 (1) ZLR 710 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-103-00

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Garwe J

Heard

13 December 1999; 14 December 1999; 21 February 2000

Judgment

23 June 2000

Counsel

J B Colegrave, for the plaintiff
G Chikumbirike, for the defendant

Case Type

Civil trial

Annotations

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Flynote

Customary law — application — husband and wife — unregistered customary law marriage — wife's entitlement to division of estate — no such entitlement under customary law — whether customary law should apply — justice of the case demanding that general law should apply

Family law — husband and wife — divorce — division of property following divorce — unregistered customary law marriage — basis on which wife can claim more than customary law entitlement

Partnership — tacit universal partnership — what must be shown to establish such a partnership — marriage — whether tacit universal partnership established thereby

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