* Earlier...

* Earlier, you mentioned that one of the rules of a proper endowment is continuity and permanence in that the donor has no right to fix a duration during which the endowment could run, and on whose expiration his property may revert to his ownership. - That is right. However, if there was someone wanting to donate, say, his property or assets for a particular use during a specified time, he could tie it up inalienably.

That is, on the expiration of the specified period his property or capital should revert to his ownership. * Could you expand on that? - Suppose an owner of a vehicle said, “My car is put away inalienably for the transport of pilgrims for five years”, it should so be done, i.e. he cannot change his mind and revoke the promise. Of course, his vehicle shall revert to his ownership after the expiration of the five years.

* If the person in the example you have just quoted passed away, would this be a good reason for the vehicle to revert to his heirs? - No, the property or any other assets that were set aside for such a purpose would stay during the entire duration specified by the owner. It shall revert to his heirs on the expiration of the term originally fixed. * Is it within the right of any person to consecrate his property for the use of another person for his lifetime?

●Yes, it is within his legitimate right, and once he has made that decision he cannot go back on it. If he dies, though, his property reverts to his heirs. * Suppose someone said to another, “I grant you and your family this property to live in”, i.e. without specifying the length of their stay in the property. What would happen? - The occupiers of the property have the right to stay indefinitely; that is as long as they live. It can only revert to the original owner when they all die.

* And if the owner said to the beneficiary, “I grant you abode in my property during your lifetime”. Then the owner died. What shall be the position of the heirs? - They have no right to evict the tenant. Should he pass away, the property can revert to their ownership. * Can the husband consecrate one third of the produce of his grove, for example, for the exclusive benefit of his wife during her lifetime, provided that the said portion reverts to his property after her death?

●Yes, he is free to exercise such a choice.

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