"xeer" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1977, David D Laitin, Politics, language, and thought: the Somali experience",
          "text": "It arranges for settlement of collective debts, discusses xeer dealings with central authorities, maintains the group wells, and protects grazing areas.",
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          "ref": "2005, Walter Dostal, Wolfgang Kraus, Shattering tradition: custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean",
          "text": "In rural areas, there is still confusion between xeer and shari'a.",
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        "The traditional legal system of Somalia, believed to predate Islam, in which elders serve as mediators and people are responsible for the actions of their families."
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