Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, what is one person called in relation to another if they are…
The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 calls one person an agnate of another when they are related by blood or adoption wholly through males. Its definition of cognate covers the…
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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, what is one person called in relation to another if they are related by blood or adoption wholly through males?
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The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 calls one person an agnate of another when they are related by blood or adoption wholly through males. Its definition of cognate covers the complementary case in which the relationship is not wholly through males.
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Option A
Cognatic kinship under section 3(1)(c) requires a blood or adoptive relationship that is not wholly through males.
Option B
Section 3(1)(a) defines an agnate by a blood or adoptive relationship wholly through males.
Option C
A testamentary beneficiary takes under a will. The stated relationship alone establishes no testamentary gift.
Option D
A coparcener belongs to a coparcenary. The stated relationship alone does not establish that membership.
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