Under section 3(1)(e) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, how are two people related if they descend…
The Act calls this relationship uterine blood. Its half-blood and full-blood definitions use descent from a common male ancestor by different wives or by the same wife,…
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Under section 3(1)(e) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, how are two people related if they descend from a common female ancestor through her children by different husbands?
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The Act calls this relationship uterine blood. Its half-blood and full-blood definitions use descent from a common male ancestor by different wives or by the same wife, respectively.
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Option A
Half blood describes descent from a common male ancestor by different wives in this definition.
Option B
Full blood describes descent from a common male ancestor by the same wife in this definition.
Option C
Descent from a common female ancestor by different husbands is uterine blood.
Option D
Agnatic relationship must be traced wholly through males. The stated relationship runs through a common female ancestor.
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