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Son, 'son' as understood in common parlance means a natural son born to a person after marri-age. It is the direct blood relationship which is the essence of the term in which 'son' is usually understood, emphasis being on legitimacy. In legal parlance, however, 'son' has a little wider connotation. It may include not only the natural son but also son's son, namely, the grandchild, and where the personal law permits adoption, it also includes an adopted son. Even illegitimate son may be treated as legitimate, as for example, the 'son' referred to in s. 16 of the Hindu Marriage Act, as originally enacted. Thus the term 'son' itself is a flexible term and may not be limited to the direct descendant. Its true meaning, like the term 'family' discussed above, will depend upon the context in which it is used. K.V., Muthu v. Angamuthu Ammal, AIR 1997 SC 628 (632): (1997) 2 SCC 53.1. A person's male child 2. An immediate male descendant 3. An adopted male child or dependent, Black's Law Dictio...
In the son or daughter of such a female
In the son or daughter of such a female, even in the absence of the words which were inserted by the Amendment Act of 1964 in s. 15(2)(b) the only possible interpretation and meaning of the words 'in the son or daughter of such female' could have reference to and cover the son or daughter of the husband of the female. The entire scheme of sub-s. (2) of s. 15 is that the right of pre-emption has been confined 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 female from her father or brother by succession the right of pre-emption has been given to her brother or brother's son. If the son or daughter of the female who has sold the property could refer to her son or daughter from a husband other than the one from whom the property devolved on her, it would be contrary to the scheme and purpose of sub-s. (2) which essentially is to vest the right of...
Foster son
Foster son, a 'Foster Son' is a son who is not the real son or direct descendant of a person after his marriage, K.V. Muth v. Angamuthu Ammal, AIR 1997 SC 628 (632): (1997) 2 SCC 53....
Son or daughter of such female
Son or daughter of such female, the son or daughter of a male vendor referred to in s. 15(1) only means the legitimate issue of the vendor. The words son or daughter mean only a legitimate son and a legitimate daughter of the female, Gulraj Singh v. Mota Singh, AIR 1965 SC 608 (610). [Punjab pre-emption Act, 1913 (as amended by Act (10 of 1960), s. 15(2)(b)]...
Sons
Sons, the word 'sons' in clause (a) of s. 15(1) of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 does not include step-sons, that is, sons of the husband of a females dying intestate by another wife, Lachman Singh v. Kirpa Singh, AIR 1987 SC 1616 (1619): (1987) 2 SCC 547: (1987) 2 SCR 933. [Hindu Succession Act, 1956, s. 15(1)(a)]...
Step son
Step son, a son means a male off spring and 'step son' means a son of one's husband or wife by a former union, AIR 1987 SC 1616 (1619). (Hindu Succession Act, 1956)...
Executor de son tort.
Executor de son tort. See (English) A.E. Act, 1925, ss. 28, 29, and s. 55(1)(xi.). If a stranger take upon himself to act as executor or administrator (see 14 Halsbury's L. of E., 2nd Edn., para. 282), without any just authority (as by intermeddling with the goods of the deceased, and any other transactions), he is called in Law an executor of his own wrong, de son tort, and is liable to the extent of the assets which have come to him and to all the trouble of an executorship without any of the profits or advantages; but the doing of acts of necessity or humanity, as locking up the goods or burying the corpse of the deceased, will not amount to such an intermeddling as will charge a man as executor of his own wrong. Such an one cannot bring an action himself in right of the deceased; but actions may be brought against him, 1 Wms. Exors.; and see Peters v. Leeder, (1878) 47 LJ QB 573; A.-G. v. New York Breweries Co., 1899 AC 62. As to his liability in respect of a term of years of which...
Illatom son-in-law
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 v. P. Lakshmi Reddy, AIR 1957 SC 314 (317)....
Son of Sam law
Son of Sam law [after Son of Sam, pseudonym of serial killer David Berkowitz, whose profits from the sale of his story a 1977 New York statute attempted to divert to his victims] : a law preventing criminals from profiting from media depictions (as in books or films) of their crimes ...
De son tort, executor
De son tort, executor, a stranger who takes upon himself to act as executor. See EXECUTOR DE SON TORT...
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