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Marumakkattayam law
governed with respect to the matters for which provision is made in this Act by any system of inheritance in which descent is traced through the female line; but does not include the aliyasantana law. [Hindu Succession
Morganatic marriage
nor her children shall partake of the titles, arms, or dignity of the husband, or succeed to his inheritance, but be contented with a certain allowed rank assigned to them by the morganatic contract. But since these
Marumakkattayam
Marumakkattayam, The literal meaning of the word 'Marumakkattayam' is inheritance through nephews and nieces. The essential difference between Marumakkattayam and the other schools of Hindu Law is that
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Hirciscunda
Hirciscunda, the division of an inheritance among heirs.
Line
Line, succession of relations (see INHERITANCE); boundary; the twelfth part of an inch. The word 'line' in the expression 'telegraph line' connotes the existence
Legitimi h'redes
Legitimi h'redes, agnati because the inheritance was given to them by a law of the Twelve Tables, Sand. Just., 7th Edn. 280.
Legacy
a legacy was an injunction given to the heir to pay or give over a part of the inheritance to a third person. for its four kinds, see Sand. Just., 7th Edn. 222, or Cum. Civ. Law,
Jus liberorum
Means 'right of children'. A privilege conferred on a parent who has several children; esp., a right of inheritance given to a woman with three or more children. Also termed jus trium liberorum, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th
Jus h'reditatis
Jus h'reditatis, the right of inheritance. See DESCENT.
In the son or daughter of such a female
to the issues of the last male holder from whom the property which has been sold came by inheritance. Looking at clause (a) of sub-s. (2) where the property which has been sold has come to the
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