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GENERAL RULES OF SUCCESSION - MALE HINDU
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The
property of the male Hindu dying intestate shall devolve in the
following manner
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Firstly upon all the heirs, being the relatives specified in
Class I;
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Secondly, if there is no heir of Class I, then upon heirs being
the relatives specified in Class II;
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Thirdly if there is no heir of any of the the classes, then
upon the agnates of the deceased; (one person is said to be
agnate of another if the two are related by blood or adoption
wholly through males) and;
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Lastly, if there is no agnate, then upon the cognates of the
deceased. (One person is said to be a cognate of another if
the two are related by blood or adoption but not wholly through
male)
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CLASS
Ist HEIRS
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Son
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Daughter
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Widow
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Mother
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Son
of a predeceased son
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Daughter
of predeceased son
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Widow
of predeceased son
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Son
of a predeceased daughter
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Daughter
of predeceased daughter
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Son
of predeceased so of predeceased son
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Daughter
of predeceased son of a predeceased son
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Widow
of predeceased son of a predeceased son
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CLASS
IInd HEIRS
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I.
Father
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II.
(1) Son's daughter's son, (2) son's daughter's daughter, (3) brother,
(4) sister
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III.
(1) Daughter's son's son, (2) daughter's son's daughter, (3) daughter'
daughter's son, (4) daughter's daughter's daughter.
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IV.
(1) Brother's son, (2) sister's son, (3) brother's daughter, (4)
sister's daughter.
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V.
Father's father; father's mother.
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VI.
Father's widow; brother's widow.
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VII.
Father's brother; father's sister.
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VIII.
Mother's father; mother's mother
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IX.
Mother's brother; mother's sister.
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Class
I heirs take simultaneously to the exclusion of all other heirs
Heirs in the first entry of Class II shall be preferred to those
in the second entry; those in the second entry shall be preferred
to those in the third entry; and so on in succession.
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