Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, what is a person called in relation to another when they are…
Section 3(1)(a) calls a person an agnate of another if their relationship by blood or adoption is wholly through males. A cognatic relationship is not wholly through males.…
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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, what is a person called in relation to another when they are related by blood or adoption wholly through males?
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Section 3(1)(a) calls a person an agnate of another if their relationship by blood or adoption is wholly through males.
A cognatic relationship is not wholly through males. Full blood and half blood concern descent from a common ancestor by the same wife or by different wives, respectively.
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Option A
A cognatic link is a blood or adoption relationship that is not wholly through males.
Option B
An agnatic link runs wholly through males by blood or adoption.
Option C
Full blood concerns descent from a common ancestor by the same wife.
Option D
Half blood concerns descent from a common ancestor by different wives.
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