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Niece [fr. neptis, Lat.], the daughter of a brother or sister; may, as nephew, mean great-niece, or niece by marriage a daughter of brother-in-law or sister-in-law [ s. 46, margin, Indian Succession Act]. See NEPHEW....
great niece
a daughter of ones niece or nephew...
direct
direct 1 : to order with authority [the testator ed that the car go to his niece] 2 : to order entry of (a verdict) without jury consideration [the court ed a verdict in favor of the defendant] 3 : to act as director of vi : to act as director adj 1 a : stemming immediately from a source [ costs] [a claim] compare derivative b : being or passing in a straight line from parent to offspring : lineal [a ancestor] compare collateral 2 : marked by absence of any intervening agency, instrumentality, or influence [ consequences] 3 : effected by the action of the people or the electorate and not by representatives [ democracy] 4 : characterized by close logical, causal, or consequential relationship [a interest in the outcome of the litigation] di·rect·ly adv n : direct examination [testimony given on ] ...
great nephew
a son of a niece or nephew...
mix up
To confuse the identities of two or more objects to mistake one object for another as at the family gathering he mixed up his two nieces to their great amusement...
Niece
A relative in general especially a descendant whether male or female a granddaughter or a grandson...
Marriage
Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in a foreign country complies with these requirements it is immaterial that under the local law dissolution can be obtained by mutual consent or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of official registration, and it constitutes a valid marriage according to English law, Nachimson v. Nachimson, 1930, P. 217. Previous to 1753 the validity of marriage was regulated by ecclesiastical law, not touched by any statutory nullity but modified by the Common law Courts, which sometimes interfered with the Ecclesiastical Courts, by prohibition, sometimes themselves decide on the validity of a marriage, presuming a marriage in fact as opposed to lawful marriage. A religious ceremony by an ordained clergyman was essential to a lawful marriage, at all events for dower and heirship; but if in an i...
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 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 descent from a common ancestor but in a Marumakkattayam family which is known as the tarwad the descent is from a common ancestress, M.K. Balakrishna Menon v. Assistant Controller of Estate Duty-cum-Income Tax Officer, AIR 1971 SC 2392 (2393): (1971) 2 SCC 909: (1972) 1 SCR 961....
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