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An adoul (or adil, plural oudoul) is a Moroccan religious notary who records civil events — births, marriages, divorces, deaths — under Islamic law (sharia). Adoul records are the primary source of Moroccan vital records for CBD cases.
For Moroccan CBD cases, the adoul's record of the ancestor's birth or marriage is the equivalent of a civil registry birth certificate. The record is held by the adoul who recorded it and by the family court (mahakma) of the relevant jurisdiction.
Moroccan civil registration was modernized in the 1950s (independence) and 2000s (family law reform), but adoul records from before these reforms remain critical for historic CBD cases.
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