Africa Customary Succession Extension

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Customary succession rules across African ethnic groups: patrilineal/matrilineal systems, family council decisions, communal property, widow rights, lobola, land tenure, and constitutional challenges.

africa-customary.json — Extension

Properties(9)

Property	Type	Required	Description
`ethnicGroup`	`string`	✓
`customaryRules`	`[]`
`familyCouncilDecisions`	`[]`
`communalPropertyDetails`	`[]`
`widowRights`	`[]`
`lobolaDetails`	`object`		Derive fullyPaid from totalAgreed === paidToDate
`landTenureDetails`	`object[]`
`constitutionalChallenges`	`object[]`
`notes`	`string`

References

This schema references the following schemas:

money

Raw JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://openinherit.org/v1/dialect.json",
  "$id": "https://openinherit.org/v1/extensions/africa-customary.json",
  "title": "Africa Customary Succession Extension",
  "description": "Customary succession rules across African ethnic groups: patrilineal/matrilineal systems, family council decisions, communal property, widow rights, lobola, land tenure, and constitutional challenges.",
  "type": "object",
  "$defs": {
    "FamilyCouncilDecision": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "decisionDate": { "type": "string", "format": "date" },
        "decisionType": { "type": "string" },
        "decidedBy": { "type": "string" },
        "participants": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": { "type": "string", "format": "uuid" }
        },
        "chairPersonId": { "type": "string", "format": "uuid" },
        "outcome": { "type": "string" },
        "constitutionalChallengeOutcome": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["not_challenged", "upheld", "struck_down", "pending"]
        },
        "challengeable": { "type": "boolean" }
      },
      "required": ["decisionType"],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "CustomarySuccessionRule": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "ethnicGroup": { "type": "string" },
        "successionSystem": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "patrilineal_primogeniture",
            "patrilineal_equal",
            "matrilineal",
            "bilateral",
            "ultimogeniture"
          ]
        },
        "widowInheritanceRight": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "full_inheritance",
            "usufruct_only",
            "levirate_marriage",
            "none",
            "statutory_override"
          ]
        },
        "daughterInheritanceRight": { "type": "string" },
        "constitutionalOverride": { "type": "boolean" },
        "caseReference": { "type": "string" }
      },
      "required": ["ethnicGroup", "successionSystem"],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "CommunalPropertyDetail": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "propertyId": { "type": "string", "format": "uuid" },
        "communityName": { "type": "string" },
        "tenureType": { "type": "string" },
        "notes": { "type": "string" }
      },
      "required": ["propertyId"],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "WidowRights": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "personId": { "type": "string", "format": "uuid" },
        "customaryRight": { "type": "string" },
        "statutoryRight": { "type": "string" },
        "widowRitesRequired": { "type": "boolean" },
        "widowRitesCompleted": { "type": "boolean" },
        "ritesDescription": { "type": "string" },
        "ritesCompletionDate": { "type": "string", "format": "date" },
        "notes": { "type": "string" }
      },
      "required": ["personId"],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "ethnicGroup": { "type": "string" },
    "customaryRules": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/CustomarySuccessionRule" }
    },
    "familyCouncilDecisions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/FamilyCouncilDecision" }
    },
    "communalPropertyDetails": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/CommunalPropertyDetail" }
    },
    "widowRights": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/WidowRights" }
    },
    "lobolaDetails": {
      "type": "object",
      "$comment": "Derive fullyPaid from totalAgreed === paidToDate",
      "properties": {
        "totalAgreed": { "$ref": "../../common/money.json" },
        "paidToDate": { "$ref": "../../common/money.json" },
        "includesLivestock": { "type": "boolean" },
        "livestockDetails": { "type": "string" },
        "notes": { "type": "string" }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "landTenureDetails": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "propertyId": { "type": "string", "format": "uuid" },
          "tenureType": { "type": "string" },
          "communityAuthority": { "type": "string" },
          "notes": { "type": "string" }
        },
        "required": ["propertyId"],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "constitutionalChallenges": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "description": { "type": "string" },
          "caseReference": { "type": "string" },
          "outcome": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": ["not_challenged", "upheld", "struck_down", "pending"]
          },
          "notes": { "type": "string" }
        },
        "required": ["description"],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "notes": { "type": "string" }
  },
  "required": ["ethnicGroup"],
  "minProperties": 1,
  "patternProperties": {
    "^x-inherit-": {}
  },
  "unevaluatedProperties": false
}