LEGAL STATUS "IULTESH" IN CUSTOMARY LAW BY CHECHENS

Abstract

This publication examines the legal status of a patron of shepherds denoted by Chechens in customary law, the term «Iultesh», discovered by employees of the Scientific and Educational Center for Nakh Studies of ChSPU during the collection of field materials from residents of s. Bashan-Kali, Itum-Kalinsky District, Chechen Republic. The author, analyzing the collected material, came to the conclusion that with this social and legal term the residents of the Galanchogsky, Shatoisky, Sharoysky and Itum-Kalinsky districts of the Chechen Republic designated an elected and paid position of a shepherd’s patron.