The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 2.8.3

2.8.3

tatra dāyaśabdena yad dhanaṃ svāmisaṃbandhād eva nimittād anyasya svaṃ bhavati tad ucyate | sa ca dvividho 'pratibandhaḥ sapratibandhaś ca | tatra putrāṇāṃ pautrāṇāṃ ca putratvena pautratvena ca pitṛdhanaṃ pitāmahadhanaṃ ca svaṃ bhavatīty apratibandho dāyaḥ | pitṛvyabhrātrādīnāṃ tu putrābhāve svāmyabhāve ca svaṃ bhavatīti sapratibandho dāyaḥ | evaṃ tatputrādiṣv apy ūhanīyaḥ | vibhāgo nāma dravyasamudāyaviṣayāṇām anekasvāmyānāṃ tadekadeśeṣu vyavasthāpanam | etad evābhipretyoktaṃ nāradena |

There, by the word 'inheritance' (dāya) is meant that property which becomes the property of another solely through the cause of a relationship to the owner. And that is of two kinds: unobstructed (apratibandha) and obstructed (sapratibandha). There, the property of a father and the property of a paternal grandfather becomes the property of sons and grandsons simply by their being sons and grandsons; this is unobstructed inheritance. But the property of paternal uncles, brothers, and the like becomes property [of collateral heirs] only in the absence of a son and in the absence of the owner; this is obstructed inheritance. In this manner it is to be inferred also regarding their sons and others. 'Partition' (vibhāga) means the establishment in specific parts of multiple ownerships that pertain to an aggregate of property. Intending precisely this, it has been stated by Nārada: