| Christianity - 1826 - 696 pages
...explicitly, that the comparison between the Moohummudan and other codes is unfavourable to the former. " The only rule which bears on the face of it any appearance...seems to be a harsh rule, and is at variance with [the Jewish,7] the English, the Roman, and the Hindoo laws. The Moohnmmudan doctors assign as a reason for... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1826 - 652 pages
...explicitly, that the comparison between the Moohummudan and other codes is unfavourable to the former. " The only rule which bears on the face of it any appearance...seems to be a harsh rule, and is at variance with [the Jewish,7] the English, the Roman, and the Hindoo laws. The Moohummudan doctors assign as a reason for... | |
| Edward Thornton - India - 1841 - 598 pages
...the following passage from Sir William Macnaghten's " Principles and Precedents of Mahomedan Law :" " The only rule which bears on the face of it any appearance...English, the Roman, and the Hindoo laws. The Moohummudan doctors assign as a reason for denying the right of representation, that a person has not even an inchoate... | |
| Shama Churun Sircar - Domestic relations - 1873 - 596 pages
...times, is rejected by the Muhammadau law, and the equitable principle of equality obtains in its stead. The only rule which bears on the face of it any appearance...inherit the estate of his grandfather together with his nncles. It certainly seems to be a harsh rule, and is at variance with the English, the Roman, and... | |
| Shama Churun Sircar - Domestic relations - 1873 - 592 pages
...times, is rejected l>y the Muhammadau law, and the equitable principle of equality obtains in its stead. The only rule which bears on the face of it any appearance...declares that a son, whose father is dead, shall not iuherit the estate of his grandfather together with his uncles. It certainly seems to be a harsh rule,... | |
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