The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c9.s1.5

c9.s1.5

[A has two sons, B and C. B dies after leaving two children, 1 and 2, and C dies after leaving four, a, b, c, and d. On the death of the grandfather, A, the Hindu law of succession to A's property will keep the stocks of the two sons (B and C) separate; and one half of the inheritance will be divided between the two grandchildren (1 and 2), and the other half between the four grandchildren (a, b, c, and d). This is known as division *per stirpes*; the tendency of more developed and modern law on the subject is to prefer this mode of partition.]