The Hindu Law Of Impartible Property

Excerpt from The Hindu Law of Impartible Property: Including Endowments Under old Hindu Law succession to the office of the Shebait governed by the rule of primogeniture - It remains in the eldest male line - In case Of a priestly office, taken by the male descendants - Failing males, females may take, unless the ofiice requires the dis charge of duties which a female is incompetent to perform - A Hindoo widow cannot succeed without proof of custqm - janbee v. Gopal - When there is no deed or rule of succession laid down by the grantor, the management rests in his heirs when there is a deed, succession is governed by the rules contained in it - When the succession as laid down in the grant fails, it reverts to the donor and his heirs agannatb v. Ranjz'l Succession in case of Mohunts ajnavalk ya's rule of succession about ascetics - How far appli cable-the Buddhistic rule - The traditional rule as laid down by Sankara - Election and nomination The ceremony of the installation of a new Mohnat The Bhandara and the giving of ebudder ceremony Well established by decisions now that the custom of the establishment must be proved in every case Election, nomination, election and nomination com bined - Cases exemplifying all the above rules Old cases in the Sudder Dewani Adalaut Cases in the High Court - Cases in the Privy Council - Summary of the above - In N. W. P. In some Mutts the head must be a N ibang and not a Grihast Baso'eo v. Carib - The rule of succession in Vaishnava establishment -the rule in Ramanuja Mutts - Bbagban Ramona. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ...up as the child of the plaintiff: she speaks of her as her mother: for a long series of years they have lived as mother and daughter, and for the purposes of this cause must be treated as mother and daughter of an undivided family. "The Mitacshara is in this, as in all other questions of Hindu Law arising in these provinces, the first authority to be consulted. The language of the commentator is unusually explicit (sec. 6). "That gained by science without use of the familyestate is not the subject of partition." The objection to the interpretation is repelled by a distinct text of Nareda. 'He who 'maintains the family of a 'brother studying science, shall 'take, be he ever so ignorant, a 'share of the wealth gained by 'science.' The same conclusion must be derived from the definition of wealth gained through science by Katyayana, stated by Colebrooke to be an expositor of the highest authority. That definition is " wealth gained through science which was acquired from a stranger while receiving a foreign maintenance, is termed acquisition through learning." It follows that gains of that science, imparted at the family expense and acquired while receiving a family maintenance, are not impartible property. "It must be admitted that it is difficult to reconcile clokas 204 and 205 with cloka 208 of Menu. Clokas 204 and 205 seem to render partible the self-acquisitions of brothers living in union after the death of their father; and according to the ancient law and that of Bengal, there seems nothing unreasonable in the provision. At that time division can be enforced, and if they elect to live together there is nothing inequitable in treating their acquisitions as joint. "It seems to us that cloka 208 must...