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If there are no heirs in Class II, the property will be given to the deceased's agnates or relatives through male lineage. If there are no agnates or relatives through the male's lineage, then the property is given to the cognates or any relative through the lineage of females. There are two classes of heirs that are delineated by the Act.
The shortest known legal wills are those of Bimla Rishi of Delhi, India (four characters in Hindi meaning "all to son") [23] and Karl Tausch of Hesse, Germany, ("Alles meiner Frau", meaning "all to wife"). [24] The shortest will is of Shripad Krishnarao Vaidya of Nagpur, Maharashtra, consisting of five letters ("HEIR'S"). [25] [26]
Proximity meant that an heir closer in degree of kinship to the lord in question was given precedence although that heir was not necessarily the heir by primogeniture. The Burgundian succession in 1361 was resolved in favor of King John II , son of a younger daughter, on basis of blood proximity, being a nearer cousin of the dead duke than ...
In law, an "heir" (FEM: heiress) is a person who is entitled to receive a share of property from a decedent (a person who died), subject to the rules of inheritance in the jurisdiction where the decedent was a citizen, or where the decedent died or owned property at the time of death.
The kinship terms of Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) differ from the English system in certain respects. [1] In the Hindustani system, kin terms are based on gender, [2] and the difference between some terms is the degree of respect. [3] Moreover, "In Hindi and Urdu kinship terms there is clear distinction between the blood relations and affinal ...
Heir may also refer to: Heir apparent, the first in line to a throne or other title, who cannot be displaced by birth of another heir; Heir presumptive, the current first in line to a title; Heirs of the line, heirs in the line of succession; Heirs of the body, descendants of a particular person who are entitled to inherit a title or property
Other names: Anila, Pavana, Vyāna, Vāta, Tanuna, Mukhyaprana, Bhima, Maruta: Devanagari: वायु: Sanskrit transliteration: Vāyu: Affiliation: Deva: Abode ...
In most extant hereditary monarchies, the typical order of succession uses some form of primogeniture, but there exist other methods such as seniority and tanistry (in which an heir-apparent is nominated from among qualified candidates).