Under Hindu Succession Act, one person is said to be 'agnate' of another if the two are related

Section 3(1)(a) defines agnates as persons related by blood or adoption wholly through males. A relationship not wholly through males is cognatic. Half blood is a separate relationship concept and is not the full statutory definition of an agnate.

Current law: The UCC’s applicable intestate scheme organizes succession through its specified heir classes and relatives. The old HSA agnate definition should not automatically determine distribution for an estate governed by that Code.