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Coparceners or parceners
her own portion. The privilege of seniority was in this case personal; for if the eldest sister were dead, her issue should not choose first, but the next sister. But if an advowson descended in coparcenary, and
Cremation
Cremation, the disposal of a dead body by burning instead of by burial. This is not illegal, unless it be done so as to
Deceased person
Organs Act, 1994 (42 of 1994), s. 2 (e)] Means a person who is no more, who is dead and gone [Estate Duty Act, 1953, s. 2(6)]
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Diss
Diss., the anatomical examination of a dead body. It is regulated by the (English) Anatomy Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 75), 'An
Distribution, Statute of
go to the widow of the intestate, and the residue in equal proportions to his children, or, if dead, to their representatives, that is, their lineal descendants; if there be no children or legal representative subsisting ,then
Exhumation
Exhumation, the disinterring of an interred corpse. To disinter a dead body without lawful authority is a common law misdemeanour. Unless a body is removed from one consecrated burial
Estate
vadio, gage, or pledge, which are of two kinds: vivum vadium, living pledge or vifgage, and mortuum vadium, dead pledge or mortgage; (ii.) estates by statute mer-chant or statute staple; (iii.) estates by elegit. (2) The time
Forfeiture
(3) Alienation in mortmain, or to any kind of corporation (which was supposed to hold property in a dead hand locked up from all change or transfer), was prohibited under pain of forfeiture to the lord. The
Extra legem positus est civiliter mortuus
Extra legem positus est civiliter mortuus [Lat.], An outlaw is civilly dead.
Family
whether in his custody or not; and (d) where an individual and his or her spouse are both dead, their minor sons and unmarried daugh-ters, S. Venkatappa v. Narayanappa, AIR 2001 SC 2148: (2001) 4 SCC 705.
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