Gazetteer of the Shahpur District (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...to the agnatic heirs, the powers of the daughters over the estate being similar to those of the widow. Failing unmarried daughters the father of the deceased takes the estate; if the father be also dead it goes to the brothers in equal shares. Ordinarily, all the brothers, whether of the same mother or not, succeed equally, but if the property had been divided there is a tendency among Mnsalmans ior the fnil brothers to exclude the half brothers, and among Hindus an associated brother excludes an unassorted brother. If one of the brothers have died, his sons or sonless widow take his share of the estate by representation. If there be no agnatic descendants of the deceased's father, his mother takes a life-interest in the estate; failing the mother, or on her death, the unmarried sisters take the whole estate till their death or marriage, then the father's brothers and their agnatio descendants take it in shares proportioned to the number of brothers; and so on, the nearest agnates and their agnatio descendants taking the estate in preference to the more remote. Where there are two of a class, they share equally, and the right of representation prevails to the fullest extent. No heir excludes the agnatic descendant or the sonless widow of another heir of the same class. Only agnates and the sonless widows of agnates, and (till their death or marriage)-the daughters of agnates, inherit. A married daughter, or sister, or a daughter's or sister's son, can in no case inherit. When the estate goes to a female, she has a life-interest only, and on her death or marriage it reverts to the agnates. l.tridhan. There is no general custom of considering part of the joint estate as being the special property of the women. Whatever is given with or to a woman becomes merg...