.....no necessary presumption from Notwithstanding proof that a Passaram was paid to the Church on the occasion of a marriage, it is a question of fact, (a) Whether any Streedhanam was given or contracted to be given, and (b) Whether the amount fixed for calculating the Passaram as its sub-multiple is the amount of the Streedhanam given or contracted to be given (c) Where the intestate has left no lineal descendants: Section 24 - Where no lineal descendants are left Where the intestate has left no lineal descendant, the rules for the distribution, of his properly (after deducting the widow's share if he has left a widow) are as follows:- Section 25 - Father's right If the intestate's father is living he should succeed to the property. Section 26 - Mother when there are brothers or descendants of brother If the intestate's father is dead, but the intestate's mother is living, and there are also brothers of the intestate by the same father who either survive him or having predeceased him, have left lineal descendants surviving him, a share equal to that if such a brother shall belong to the mother. Section 27 - Mother when there are sisters or their.....
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