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Section 18 Hindu Succession Act — Full blood preferred to half blood

The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 · Official PDF page 10

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18. Full blood preferred to half blood.―Heirs related to an intestate by full blood shall be preferred to heirs related by half blood, if the nature of the relationship is the same in every other respect.

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