Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.755

c7.755

The community of property is absolute and according to Nār. 13, 38 it includes also cattle and rice as well as houses, lands and slaves and even acts of giving and taking, incomes and expenses should have to be done by common consent. Āp. and Baudh. do not even differentiate acquisition from inheritance. Vas. 17, 51 speaks of the self-acquired property of which a double share should belong to the earner. According to Vi. 17, 1 and Y. 2, 114 the father can divide among his sons in any manner he chooses what he has earned himself.