An adel or adoul is a type of public official in
Morocco. Adels act in pairs to record
marriages. They may also draft
contracts,
prenuptial agreements, divorce settlements and adjudicate testaments. Their office is comparable to that of a
civil law notary
Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers wit ...
. Women were first allowed to become adels in 2018.
See also
* https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariage_musulman_marocain
References
Region-specific legal occupations
Law of Morocco
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