² 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26.

^{page 68 note 1} C.A. 9.

^{page 69 note 1} H. F. Morris, “Attitudes towards succession law in Nigeria during the colonial period,” [1970] J.A.L. 5–16.

^{page 69 note 2} Allott, A. N., Essays in African Law, London, 1960, 262–264.Google Scholar

^{page 69 note 3} These rules were re-enacted in identical terms in 1966 (Courts Decree 1966, N.L.C.D. 84).

^{page 69 note 4} It may, however, be argued that this interpretation is too wide and that the purport of the rule was merely to reaffirm the existing position that family property might not be disposed of by will. See A. N. Allott, New Essays in African Law, London 1970, 136. See also Bennion, F. A. R., The Constitutional Law of Ghana, London, 1962, 453.Google Scholar

^{page 69 note 5} Act 372. For a general discussion of the Act, see note by A. N. Allott at pp. 59 ff, supra.

^{page 70 note 1} See [1970] J.A.L., 56–64.

^{page 70 note 2} See p. 82, infra.