WYAWASTHA-DARPANA. | 100 the heritage of the grandfather.) And accordingly whatever share may be established by law, for a father of the same description as himself, to such appropriate share of his father does the individual in question (viz. the adopted son of one adopted) succeed. Thus, only what had been advanced is correct—The same rule is to be applied by inference to the great grandson also.-D. Ch. Sect. W. § 25. 601. The adoption of a fit person made by the performance of the rites ordained in the Vedas cannot be rendered invalid by the omission to perform an unessential ceremony, or any other cause." 602. The adoption of an only sont, or the cliest sons (of a person,”) if made by the performance of the rites ordained in the Vedas, cannot be invalidated or set aside, although it should be deemed not to be a good one. 603. After having Aded 具 in due form, the adopter, by his will or other deed, cannot disinherit such son. - - 604. Like a lawfully begotten son, an adopted son also may resign his right to the property of his adoptive father, but nevertheless he cannot free himself from his connection and duties as adopted son. 605. If an adult adopted son make an agreement, stipulating the stability of his right to depend upon his performance of certain conditions, his non-performance of those conditions will cause his right to become extinct. * legal opinion delivered in, and admitted by, the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, and approved of by Sir Willian Macnaghten. Q. A person named Sheonath, an inhabitant of Bengal and proprietor of half an ancestral landed estate, died in the year 1204 B. S., leaving a pregnant widow by name Bougounts, See ante, page 1010. t “Let no man accept (an only son") because he should not do that whereby the family of the natural father becomes extinct; but this does not invalidate the adoption of such son (actually) given. (Coleb. Dig. vol. III. 243.) This opinion of Jagannātha does not seem to be an inconsistent one, for if the giver give his only son in ခ္ယုပ္ဖ္ရ causing his own lineage to become extinct, there is no reason why the adoption of such son should be invalid, though it be a blamable act. * f See ante, page 38. * § See Macn, H. L. vol. II. Ch. 6, Case 10, pp. 183, 184. See also ante, pp, 1062, 1064. ዝ ሰና) Vyavasthá.
