What does the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 call each of two people related by blood or adoption wholly…
Under section 3(1)(a), each person is an agnate of the other when they are related by blood or adoption wholly through males. Cognates are related by blood or adoption…
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What does the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 call each of two people related by blood or adoption wholly through males?
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Under section 3(1)(a), each person is an agnate of the other when they are related by blood or adoption wholly through males. Cognates are related by blood or adoption through a line that is not wholly male.
Full blood and half blood classify descent by reference to a common ancestor and the same or different wives.
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Option A
Cognate requires a line of relationship that is not wholly through males.
Option B
Agnate is the statutory term for relationship wholly through males.
Option C
Full blood turns on descent from a common ancestor by the same wife.
Option D
Half blood turns on descent from a common ancestor by different wives.
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