“Kyariz” and “Kyariz” Courts (Based on the Materials of the Audit of Senator K.K. Palen)

Аннотация

According to the reports of the audit of Senator K.K.Palen conducted in 1908-1909 on the organization and activities of people’s courts in the Turkestan General Government, it turned out that in addition to the existing similar types of people’s courts in three regions of the region, only in the Transcaspian region was established a “kyariz” court. This court also dealt with disputes about their structure; disputes between the owners of “kyariz” about the ownership rights to them; because of the directions and depth of the wells, and the distances between them.