ABSTRACT
The jir at home is made up of all the important members of the community. The action of a moot is simpler than that of a court, and has two main sets of components: the first is called 'convening the moot', the second 'discussing the moot'. One never 'calls' a moot, but rather 'convenes' or 'invites' it. In both contexts the word jir itself refers to both the gathering and the cause: in order to put one's jir, one must convene the jir. jir at home differ in many ways from those jir which the Administration calls courts. Three ways are of most significance. First, the personnel of the jir at home is different and differently organized from the personnel of the court; second, its institutionalization and procedure are conceptualized differently; third, the subject-matter of the disputes handled by the jir at home is different from the subject-matter of the courts.
