In classical Hindu law before the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, in which area did the Dayabhaga and…
In the classical Mitakshara system, a male coparcener acquired an interest in joint family property by birth. In the classical Dayabhaga system, a son did not acquire that…
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In classical Hindu law before the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, in which area did the Dayabhaga and Mitakshara schools differ over acquisition of a family-property interest by birth?
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In the classical Mitakshara system, a male coparcener acquired an interest in joint family property by birth. In the classical Dayabhaga system, a son did not acquire that interest simply by birth. The contrast concerns inheritance and partition.
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Option A
Guardianship does not address the acquisition of family-property rights by birth.
Option B
The difference concerns family-property interests, inheritance and partition.
Option C
Stridhan concerns a woman’s property and is not the distinction about acquisition by birth being tested.
Option D
Marriage does not address the stated property-law distinction.
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