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matriarchal

Of or pertaining to a matriarch governed by a matriarch or matriarchs as a matriarchal society

Marumakkattayam law

Hindu law and Marumakkathayam law in that, the former is founded on agnatic relationship while the latter on matriarchate, Achuthan Nair v. Chinnammu Amma, AIR 1966 SC 411 (412): (1966) 1 SCR 454. The principal incident of

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Matriarchate

The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch a matriarchal form of government

Ascendant or descendant

Ascendant or descendant, in relation to a person belonging to a matriarchal society, means the person who corresponds to such expression in accordance with the law of succession in force

Marumakkattayam

difference between Marumakkattayam and the other schools of Hindu Law is that the former is founded on the matriarchate while the latter is founded upon the agnatic family. In the Mitakshara joint family the members claim their

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