Daughter - Law Dictionary Search Results
Gavelkind
sons equally, being an exception to the law of primogeniture. In default of sons, it descended to the daughters in the ordinary manner. It is to be remarked that though females, claiming in their own right, were
Frank-marriage
capable of subsisting. When tenements are given by one to another, together with a wife, who is a daughter or cousin of the donor, to hold in frank-marriage, the donees shall have the tenements to them and
Dependant and dependent
and position. (3) 'Member of a family' means wife or husband, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, stepson, stepdaughter, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister. A posthumous illegitimate child can be a dependant, Orrell Colliery
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Abneptis
Abneptis, means a great-great granddaughter; the grand-daughter of a grandson or grand-daughter, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 5.
Daughterliness
The state of a daughter or the conduct becoming a daughter
Maintenance
cases, provision for food, clothing, residence, education, medical attendance and treatment; (ii) in the case of an unmarried daughter, also the reasonable expenses of an incident to her marriage. [Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (78 of
Hotchpot
7th Edn. As to lands, it only applied to such as were given in frank-marriage, thus: if one daughter have an estate given with her in frank-marriage by her ancestor, then, if lands descend from the same
La-aulad
La-aulad, means 'issueless' or without any son or daughter, Nirman Bahadur v. Fateh Bahadur Singh, AIR 1929 All 963. Means without male issue and not issueless, Bibi
Illatom son-in-law
In Andhra an illatom son-in-law is a boy incorporated into the family with a view to give a daughter in marriage and is customarily recognised as an heir in the absence of a natural-born-son, P. Lakshmi Reddi
Collatio bonorum
bonorum (a contribution of goods). Where a portion or money, advanced by the father to a son or daughter, is brought into hotchpot (q.v.), in order to have an equal distributory share of his personal estate at
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