* Suppose a man died and left behind a son and a daughter.
* Suppose a man died and left behind a son and a daughter. How should their inheritance be divided between them? - The estate of the deceased should be divided into three portions, two of them go to the son and one to the daughter. * If the deceased did not have any relative from the first category, except one of his parents? - The one who is alive takes all. * What division will be adopted, if both the parents were alive, and the deceased did not have brothers?
●His father gets the amount of two thirds and his mother gets one third. * What sort of allotments would the two parents and the daughter of the deceased get? - One fifth of the estate goes to his father, a second fifth to his mother, and three fifths to his daughter. * In the event of the presence of one of the parents and a number of male and female children, what sort of shares would they get?
●One sixth goes to the parent, and the remainder should be divided pursuant to the principle of “the equal of the two portions of the female”. * Can we now turn to the relatives of the deceased of the second category? - Why not? * Suppose the deceased had either one brother or one sister; what shares would they get? - The entire estate reverts to the brother or sister. * Should there be numerous brothers from both the parents, how would the allocation of shares be carried out between them?
●If they were all males or all females, the estate shall be divided equally between them. If the heirs were of both the sexes, the criterion of two shares for the male and one share for the female must be upheld. That is, if they all were traced to the same parents, or they were his half brothers from his father’s side. If, however, they were half brothers from his mother’s side, they shall receive equal shares irrespective of their number.
* Well, paternal and maternal uncles and aunts are of the third category. Aren’t they? - Yes, they are. * Suppose the deceased did not have but either one paternal uncle or aunt, what would happen to the bequest? - The entire estate reverts to that particular person. * Should there be numerous paternal uncles and aunts, what portions would they get? - The bequest must be divided into three parts, two parts go to the paternal uncles and one to the maternal ones.
* What about the inheritance of husband and wife? - The wife has a special treatment when it comes to inheritance. She is not entitled to some items of the possessions of her dead husband.