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^{page 76 note 1} Art. 50.

^{page 77 note 1} Art. 48.

^{page 77 note 2} Art. 49.

^{page 77 note 3} Art. 31.

^{page 77 note 4} Art. 32.

^{page 77 note 5} Fire Kenafir, Berhananna Selam Printing Press, 1951, pp. 55–91.

^{page 77 note 6} Art. 35.

^{page 77 note 7} Gardiner, “La juridiction concernant les étrangers en Ethiopie”, Revue general de droit international public, Paris, vol. 44, p. 90. See also Farago, , Abyssinia on the eve, 1935, p. 104.Google Scholar

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^{page 78 note 3} See note 1, above.

^{page 79 note 1} Between 1955 and 1960 the then Minister of Defence presided.

^{page 79 note 2} At the beginning the administrative units now called Taklai Ghizats (governorates-general) were called Awraja Ghizats (Districts). With the abolition of the federal status of Eritrea in 1962 and the elevation of the district of Bale in Harar to the status of a Taklai Ghizat, there are now 14 Taklai Ghizats.

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^{page 88 note 1} Federal (Judiciary Power), Proclamation, 1952.

^{page 88 note 2} Attorney-General v. Lishi Sophia (1959), Federal Supreme Court (unreported).