Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.831

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c7.831

Only the mediaeval jurists drew up a complete system of successive heirs; yet however there are very wide differences of opinion among them and here too, as in partition (§ 23), a very marked difference between the Bengali system and the other systems is in evidence, particularly in connection with the position and rights of women. One at least of these systems is partially given here; the table of the male agnates (gotraja) according to the Mit. is as follows ¹:

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