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GRANDMOTHER (continued,)

the proportion of the share of-in the case of there being unequal number of sons of each son .. GRANDSON (in the male line,) succeeds in default of his father, and with his uncle, if any

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GREAT GRANDFATHER (paternal,) and his descendants including daughter's son, inherit successively after

paae.

491 et seque.

19,20,21,462

the grandfather's offspring down to the daughter's son 295,296,297 GREAT GRANDFATHER'S FATHER, and the two ancestors

above him, with their respective descendants inclu

ding daughters' sons succeed in the consecutive order 305,306,307

GREAT GRANDSON (in the male line, )

inherits in default of his father and grandfather, and
with his granduncle, if any

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GREAT GRANDSON's son. See Sakulya or distant kindred. GREAT GRANDSON'S GRANDSON. See Sakulya or distant kindred.

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GREAT-GRANDSON'S GREAT GRANDSON. See Sakulya or distant kindred

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19,20,21,462,463:

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GRIHASTHA or Grihi, a married householder, in one of the four orders or conditions of life

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should be appointed by the Sovereign to take care
of an infant or minor, and his property

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preferably to be appointed by reference to relation,
degree of proximity, and fitness

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of a female infant, who should be before her mar-
riage, and who after her marriage

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of a male minor, paternal kindred is preferred to
the maternal, and the near, if qualified, to the dis-
tant
cannot do any thing injurious to the interest of the
ward, but always what is advantageous to him
can take and hold possession of his ward's property,
but must render an account thereof, and be respon-
sible for his own acts, and subject to removal for
abuse of his trust ..

402,403,406,409

406,907,924,935,939,942,913

HEIRS,

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according to the Dáya-krama-sangraha, which is
preferred to the other Bengal authorities

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according to the Viváda-bhangárnava or Colebrooke's
Digest ...

HERITABLE RIGHT, cause of,

in the North Western and Southern schools

in Bengal, the existence of the son (i. e. heir) at the
time of the father's (i. e. the predecessor's) death na-

1039

tural or civil .. 2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,234 et seq. 252,260,1046,1067

does not remain in abeyance in expectation of the
birth of a preferable heir not conceived at the time of
succession .. 7,239,260-262,238 & 240 (notes) 1049,1050,1063

being once vested cannot be divested before
the occupant's death, natural or civil, or voluntary
abandonment ..

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HERMIT (vána-prastha,) civiliter mortuous

excluded from inheritance

is succeeded by his spiritual brother..

2,3,9,10,78,109,930,1046

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HERMITAGE, one of the four orders or conditions of a Hindoo...

HINDU LAW,

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digests and authorities of-respected preferably in
each of the schools

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HOUSE, garden or the like, which one of the co-heirs had constructed within the site of the dwelling place, during the father's life-time, remains his indivisible property; for his father has sanctioned by not forbidding the construction of it

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for what fault-can lawfully desert his wife
cannot properly desert his wife without any of the
faults recognized by the law..

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may be deserted by his wife when and why HUSBAND's, brother's son's daughters, not heirs HYPOCRITE (or a person wearing the token of religious mendicity,) excluded from inheritance

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entitled to maintenance and not to inheritance IGNORANTIA legis nil execusat-applies to questions of adoption and inheritance as well as to other laws ILLEGITIMATE issue, of a Shúdra, entitled to inherit, (but see the remarks at pages 16 (note,) 913,914,915) INHERITANCE,

vests on the natural or civil death or voluntary aban-
donment of the occupant

does not in general vest in females

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..2,3,4,5,6,78,109,1046

vests in particular females according to particular
texts (see females)

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excluded from inheritance, but not from maintenance 997,1012

IMPURITY,

on deaths and births to be observed by an adopted
son and the adopter's family..

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893 et seque.

...2,3 (note,) 1061

recognized in the North Western and Southern
Provinces

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INCONTENANCE. See adultery.

INCREMENT,

1,2 (note,) 1061

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INCURABLE or obstinate and agonising disease, (defined,) .. 1006,1008

causes of exclusion from inheritance.. INITIATION. See initiatary ceremonies.

INITIATARY CEREMONIES,

which and how many they are

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..997,1005,1010

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366

of the uninitiated brother and sister, are to be per-
formed by the elder brothers out of the patrimony
the expenses of of the late owner's unmarried
daughters must be defrayed in proportion to the
wealth inherited

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of the brothers and sisters only, and not of their
children, are to be performed out of the undivided
paternal wealth

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365

365

366

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the expenses of-for the late proprietor's daughter
should be provided out of the inheritance where it
has descended to a single heir

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should be perfomed by the brothers even with their
own funds where there is no patrimony

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of an adopted son, performable in the adopter's family INSTITUTES or collections (Sanhitás,) of the sages..

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ISSUE MALE, or lineal descendant, signifies son, grandson, great grandson and daughter's son...

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of an
outcast or degraded (as defined at page
1002) is excluded from inheritance

J.

JÁGNYAVALKYA or YAGNAVALKYA, one of the legislators, whose Sanhitá or Institutes are the original of the Mitúkshará which is a commentary thereon

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JOJANA (a measure of distance containing four Koshas or about seven English miles.) See different country

JATI. See YATI.

JÍMÚTA-VÁHANA,-author of the Dáya-bhága, the ground work of the Bengal school

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JOINT FAMILY. See joint property and undivided family.
JOINT PROPERTY, (see property)

augmented by the exertion of any member of the joint
family with the assistance of common stock does
not entitle him to a greater share

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469, 478

T PROPERTY ( continued, )

under what circumstances to be held or presumed as such

where the family is joint, the property acquired by its members must be presumed to be joint, until such presumption is rebutted by him who claims it as his self-acquired property...

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answerable for the debt incurred for the sake of the joint family (see debts.)

answerable for a debt to the extent of the debtor's share (see debts,)...

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alienable by a single member where a calamity affecting the family, or the support thereof, or the performance of an indispensable duty, renders the

alienation necessary, and the other parcener or parceners are incompetent by minority &c. or unable by absence and so forth to give consent to the same (see managing member.)

. See yuga, and ages of the world.

page.

500-502

513

640

597-599

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1 yuga or juga, the fourth or last age of the world according to Hindoo

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Division (see yuga.)

DRED. See Kinsmen

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inherits in default of all heirs, excepting, however,

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taking or consuming property or effects when unseparated are not bound to restore or make good the

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TA-YUGA or JUGA, the first of the four ages according to
Hindoo division

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TA-PUTTRA, a son bought, adopted only by Gossaeens.. TRIMA or KRITA-PUTTRA, commonly called Kartáputtra or son made, defined ..

prevails in Mithilá, not in Bengal

ÁCHÁRA, (family usage,)

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.. 16 (note,) 1042

constitutes an exception to the general maxims of the

law. (See usage or custom)

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