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Gavelkind

collateral line, for it has been resolved that where one brother dies without issue, all the other brothers shall inherit from

Heir

the contingency of some nearer heir being born; as a brother or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the

Gnati

Gnati, the word 'gnati' in Sanskrit literally inter-preted includes a brother also but will not include 'illegitimate sons', Krishna v. Velugoti

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Incest

Incest, carnal knowledge of persons within the Levitical degrees of kindred, at one time a capital offence (4 Bl. Com....

Near relative

Near relative, means spouse, son, daughter, father, mother, brother or sister. [Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 (42 of

Nuper obit

by her coparcener of lands or tenements, whereof their father, brother, or any other common ancestor died seised of an estate

Patruelis

the father's side; the son or daughter of a father's brother, Civ. Law.

Possessio fratris de feodo simplici facit sororem esse h'redem

feodo simplici facit sororem esse h'redem. 3 Rep. 41, (the brother's possession of an estate in fee simple makes the sister

Primogeniture

to succeed to the estate in preference to his younger brother, Annasaheb Bapusahab Patil v. Balwant Bapusahab Patil, AIR 1995 SC

Resignation

of them by blood or marriage, on uncle son, grandson, brother, nephew, or grand-nephew of the patron, shall be presented' to

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