 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...fetus then, that hath never breathed, cannot enter heaven. 5156. [.W,,; iii. 5. Of water] " He, «horn his father, or mother with her husband's assent, gives to another as his son, provided the donee have no issue, if the boy be of the same class and affectionately disposed, is a son given... | |
 | Manu (Lawgiver) - Brahmans - 1825 - 488 pages
...He, whom his father, or mother with her 1 husband's assent, gives to another as his son, pro* vided that the donee have no issue, if the boy be ' of the...considered as a son given, the gift being confirmed 1 by pouring water. 169. ' He is considered as a son made or adopted, ' whom a man takes as his own... | |
 | Manu (Lawgiver) - Hindu law - 1825 - 490 pages
...impotent, or dis' ordered, after due authority given to her, is called * the lawful son of the wife. 168. ' He, whom his father, or mother with her ' husband's assent, gives to another as his son, pro' vided that the donee have no issue, if the boy be ' of the same class and affectionately disposed,... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1838 - 456 pages
...entitled by law to his inheritance. Sir William Jones informs us, that Menu, in his Institutes, says, " He, whom his father or mother, with her husband's assent, gives to another as his son, provided the donee have no issue, if the boy be of the same class, and affectionately disposed, is a son given... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 pages
...grandson's son, or brother's son, shall adopt a sou ; but while he has one, he shall not adopt a second." " He whom his father, or mother with her husband's assent, gives to another as his son, provided the donee have no issue, if the boy be of the same class, and affectionately disposed, is a son given... | |
 | Hindu law - 1864 - 80 pages
...adoption of a son are comprised in the following texts of Manu : — "He whom his father' or mother J with her husband's assent, gives to another as his...given, the gift being confirmed by pouring water." " He is considered as a son made or adopted, whom a man takes as his own son, the boy being equal in... | |
 | Jagannātha Tarkapañchānana - Civil law - 1865 - 658 pages
...perform obsequies and the like for his deceased natural mother ? That is admissible. CCLXXV. MENU : — He whom his father, or mother with her husband's assent,...considered as a son given, the gift being confirmed by pouting water. The particle vd, " or," occurring in the text of YAJNYAWAMJYA (PCLXXII), in this text... | |
 | Shama Churun Sircar - Hindu law - 1867 - 1246 pages
...adoption. In the ordinances of MANU, translated by Sir William Jones, we find this passage, in page 133 : " He, whom his father, or mother with her husband's...as his son, provided that the donee have no issue, is considered as a son given.'' In the Vioadarnava-setu, translated by Mr. Halhed, (Ch. XXI, Sect.... | |
 | Standish Grove Grady - Hindu law - 1868 - 582 pages
...— Any one who has absolute authority over tLe child, eg, the father, may give him in adoption. " He whom his father or mother with her husband's assent...given, the gift being confirmed by pouring water," Menu, chap. 9, sec. iv. § 12; Mitacsh. ch. 1, sec. xi. § 9 ; Maynukha, chap. 4, sec. 5, § 1. ' THE... | |
 | Louis Arthur Goodeve - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 768 pages
...acceptance of a child are sufficient to constitute a valid adoption. Menu, Ch. ix, v. 168, p. 267, says, "He, whom his father, or mother with her husband's...be of the same class and affectionately disposed, u considered as a son given, the gift being confirmed by pouring water." Later writers have enumerated... | |
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He, whom his father, or mother with her husband's assent, gives to another as his son, provided that the donee have no issue, if the boy be of the same class and affectionately disposed, is considered as a son given, the gift being confirmed by pouring... 
