Kandyan law

The practice known as eka-ge-kema meaning eating in one house, provided for a wife to have several husbands from the same family.

The practice predates the Kandyan era and was even common among Royalty as King Vijayabahu VII of Kotte had cohabited his first wife Anula Kahatuda with his brother Sri Rajasinghe.

The law defines the different levels rights of the deceased siblings, spouses and children, both legitimate or illegitimate to these two types of property.

As well as the rights of daughters to their deceased father's and mother's property based on the type of marriage (Binna or Diga) they have contracted into.

[4] In a landmark case in September 2021, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ruled that a Diga married daughter has no claim to the fathers property following his death.