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Tarwad, expression 'tarvad' in Marumakkattayam law is the name given to the joint family consisting of males and females, all descended in the female line from a common ancestress, Kalyani v. Narayanan, AIR 1980 SC 1173 (1177): (1980) Supp SCC 298: (1980) 2 SCR 1130.A family governed by Marumakkathayam law is known as a tarwad, it consists of a mother and her children, whether male or female, and all their descendants, whether male or female, in the female line, Achuthan Nair v. Chinnammu Amma, AIR 1966 SC 411 (412): (1966) 1 SCR 454.Tarwad is the name given to a joint family consisting of males and females who have all descended in the family line from a common ancestress. Mayne compares a tarwad to a family corporation. Every member of tarwad has equal rights in the property by reason of his or her birth in the tarwad, 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....
Sthanam
Sthanam, some of the aristocratic Hindu families in the west coast had attached to their families an office called Sthanam meaning literally 'status, rank, or dignity'. The holder of Sthanam was called a Sthanee or Sthanamdar. The rule granted Sthanams to their Chieftains and important public officers which were usually accompanied by a grant of land for the maintenance of the dignity of the officer. One important feature was that Sthanamdar ceased to have any interest in the property of his tarwad and the members of his tarwad had in their turn only reversionary rights to the Sthanam properties. The Sthanamdar had a limited estate, M.K. Balakrishna Menon v. Assistant Controller of Estate Duty-cum-Income Tax Officer, AIR 1971 SC 2392: (1972) 1 SCR 961: (1971) 2 SCC 909. [Hidnu Succession Act, 1956, s. 7(3)]...
Maintenance
Maintenance, an officious intermeddling in a suit which in no wise concerns one, by assisting either party with money or otherwise to prosecute or defend it; both actionable and indictable [see Bradlaugh v. Newdegate, (1883) 11 QBD 1], and invalidates contracts involving it. By the Roman Law it was a species of crimen falsi to enterin to any confederacy, or do any act to support another's law-suits, by money, witnesses, or patronage, 4 Bl. Com. 134.It is either ruralis, in the country as where one assists another in his pretensions to lands, by taking or holding the possession of them for him; or where one stirs up quarrels or suits in the country; or it is curialis, in a Court of justice, where one officiously intermeddles in a suit depending in any court, which does not belong to him, and with which he has nothing to do, 2 Rol. Abr. 115. Maintaining suits in the spiritual courts is not within the statutes relating to maintenance, Cro. Eliz. 549. A man may, however, maintain a suit in...
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....
Tavazhi
Tavazhi, a tavazhi is a branch of a tarwad, Achuthan Nair v. Chinnammu Amma, AIR 1966 SC 411 (412): (1966) 1 SCR 454.It has got a definite connotation in Marumakattayam Law. It is a branch of the tarward and it is distinct entity. It comprises one of the females of the tarward and it is a distinct entity. It is capable of owning property and taking gifts of property, Bhasakaran Thirumalpad v. Kamini Thirumalpad, (1954) 2 MLJ 294; 67 Mad LW 455: 1954 Mad 987 (DB)....
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