The 4 subsidiaries are the successor by contract, the acknowledged relative, the sole legatee and the state by escheat. The following 12 constitute Class I heirs (Koranic Heirs), Class II heirs (Agnatic heirs) & Class III heirs (Uterine heirs) 1. Class I heirs (Koranic Heirs) are as: Heirs by Affinity - Husband and Wife, Blood Relations - Father, True Grandfather (howsoever high), Mother, True Grandmother (howsoever high), Daughter, Son’s Daughter (howsoever low), Full sister, consanguine sister, uterine brother, and uterine sister. Rules of Exclusion: The husband and wife are primary heirs and cannot be excluded by anyone, but they also don’t exclude anyone either. Law fixes the share of the spouses; if they exist they reduce the residue which may be taken by the Agnatic or Uterine heirs, but they do not exclude either wholly or partly any heir. The father does not affect the share of any Koranic heir except the
The 4 subsidiaries are the successor by contract, the acknowledged relative, the sole legatee and the state by escheat. The following 12 constitute Class I heirs (Koranic Heirs), Class II heirs (Agnatic heirs) & Class III heirs (Uterine heirs) 1. Class I heirs (Koranic Heirs) are as: Heirs by Affinity - Husband and Wife, Blood Relations - Father, True Grandfather (howsoever high), Mother, True Grandmother (howsoever high), Daughter, Son’s Daughter (howsoever low), Full sister, consanguine sister, uterine brother, and uterine sister. Rules of Exclusion: The husband and wife are primary heirs and cannot be excluded by anyone, but they also don’t exclude anyone either. Law fixes the share of the spouses; if they exist they reduce the residue which may be taken by the Agnatic or Uterine heirs, but they do not exclude either wholly or partly any heir. The father does not affect the share of any Koranic heir except the
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