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Family law jane mwango robert masabala vs elena donald max 2019 tzhc 161 11 december 2019

jane mwango robert masabala vs elena donald max 2019 tzhc 161 11 december 2019

The High Court allowed a first appeal, holding that a marriage dispute was wrongly filed as a civil case rather than a matrimonial cause, making the lower proceedings a nullity.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Marriage annulment
  • Foreign marriage recognition
  • Damages for adultery
  • Family-law
  • Marriage-annulment
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Family law 19720425 TZHC Mwanza

19720425 TZHC Mwanza

A second appeal in a customary marriage dispute held that inability to consummate made the marriage voidable, not void, and upheld annulment and return of dowry.

  • Marriage annulment
  • Return of dowry
  • Consummation incapacity
  • Customary-marriage
  • Marriage-annulment
  • Dowry-return
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