DIGEST OF HINDU LAW, ON CONTRACTS AND SUCCESSIONS: WITH A COMMENTARY BY JAGANNATHA TERCAPANCHANANA. Translated from the Original SANSCRIT, Br H. T. COLEBROOKE, ESQUIRE, JUDGE OF MIRZAPORE, RESIDENT AT THE COURT OF BERAR, AND MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY INSTITUTED IN BENGAL FOR INQUIRING INTO AND LITERATURE OF ASIA. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. CALCUTTA, PRINTED AT THE HONOURABLE COMPANY'S PRESS, LONDON, REPRINTED FOR J. DEBRETT, PICCADILLY, BY WILSON AND CO. ORIENTAL PRESS, WILD COURT. 875 CONTENTS OF VOL. III. Page CHAP. II. On the Distribution made by a Father in his Lifetime.--Affignment of maintenance to infants, &c. Grandfons entitled to the fhares of their fathers; allotment of fhares to them and to great-grandfons. Partition extends only to the fourth in defcent inclufive. Relation of Sapindas. Allotment of shares to wives, to mothers, to grandmothers, and to fifters. Prefent to a fuperfeded wife. Perpetual union of husband and wife. The father may give away at pleafure, or retain, property acquired or recovered by him; but over the landed patrimony the father and fon have equal dominion: it shall be therefore equally divided; but the father may reserve two fhares. Period when partition may be made. Cafe of a fon born after partition. Claim of a father on the acquisition of his fon. Any one of the coheirs may debar himself of a share. Allotment to one who is employed in the affairs of the family. Queftion on the payment of debts. CHAP. III. On Partition among Brothers.-It should be made amicably, after the death of the mother. They participate equally in the affets and debts after the death of both parents. Greater portion of a virtuous brother. Allotment of a share Equal partition of all to a widow fuppofed to be pregnant. A 2 woman, and to fons СНАР. 76 CHAP. IV. On Sons Legitimate and Adopted. Twelve fons enu Sect. I. On the feveral Modes of Filiation. .... Sect. II. On the Son begotten in lawful Wedlock. Definition of legitimate birth. .... Sect. III. On the Son of an appointed Daughter.-Art. I. On the Rights of an appointed Daughter and of her Son. Each confidered as a fon. Their equal claim with a fon of the body. Appointment of a daughter to raife up iffue to her father. Allotments to different fons. A daughter's fon confidered as a grandfon in a male line..... Art. II. On the appointment of a daughter to raise up a fon to her father. Form of an exprefs appointment. Implied appointment..... Page 145 156 161 188 Sect. IV. On the Son begotten on an appointed Wife by a Kins Sect. VI. On the Son of a young Woman unmarried. He is Sect. VIII. On the Son given. Power of parents to give away 210 223 235 .. 273 Sect. Sect. X. On the Son made by Adoption... Sect. XII. On the Son of a pregnant Bride. .... Sect. XIII. On the Son rejected by his natural Parents..... Sect. XIV. On the Son by a Woman of the Servile Class . . . . . Sect. XV. On the various Sons already mentioned. The firft in rank takes the estate, and supports the reft. On failure of the first, the next in rank takes the heritage. Adopted fons are fubftitutes for true fons. Male offspring required for obfequies, &c. CHAP. V. On Exclufion from Participation. Page 276 278 279 280 283 ... 284 Wives and daughters Sect. I. On Perfons excluded from Inheritance. A vicious fon CHAP. 298 332 |