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Native courts expand under indirect rule

Colonial administrators used native courts to govern through chiefs, emirs, and warrant officers.

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1913

Native courts expand under indirect rule

Colonial administrators used native courts to govern through chiefs, emirs, and warrant officers.

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Colonial administrators used native courts to govern through chiefs, emirs, and warrant officers. In areas without centralized kingship, the model often produced artificial authority.

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