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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, a person is said to be a 'cognate' of another if:

Section 3(1)(c) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 defines two persons as cognates if they are related by blood or adoption but not wholly through males, distinguishing them…

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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, a person is said to be a 'cognate' of another if:

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Section 3(1)(c) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 defines two persons as cognates if they are related by blood or adoption but not wholly through males, distinguishing them from agnates, whose relationship traces wholly through the male line.

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