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V Y AVASTH.A.”-DAR. P.A.N.A. 637 . R. 2. Notwithstanding the fact that the gift was made during a mortal illness, if the donor, at the time of his making the donation, was of sound mind, this gift is legal and valid.” Q. 3. How long does the minority of the female continue ! B. 8. The minolty of a female continues until she has attained fifteen complete years of age. يو Zillah Dinagepore, March 26th 1814, Macn. II. L. Vol. II. Ch. 8, Case 12, pp. 218—220. g 哆 * 姆 娜 蟾 命 2. č e to Q. A. Isin lu, having an uterine sister's son living, made over his entire estate, consisting of movable and immovable property, which he had acquired by dint of his cwn industry, by gift . to a woman whom he kept as a concubine. At the time when the deed of gift wus executed, he was afflicted by illness, which terminated in his death two days afterwards. In this case, is the gift legal; or supposing it to be void and illegal, will his entire property devolve on his sister’s son ? R. Supposing the person alluded to in the question to have made over his self-acquired real and personal estate by gift to his concubine, while his uterine sister’s son was living, and presuming him to have been, at the time when the deed was executed, of sound disposing mind, in that case, the alienation is good and valid; otherwise it has no validity, and the sister's son will inherit.f MANU says :–“ He may give it away at his pleasure, or he may defray his expenses with such wealth.” NATADA :—“Though generally his own master, what a man does while disturbed from his natural estate of mind, the wise have declared met dono, because he is not then his own master.” Patna Court of Appeal. Maen. H. L. vol. II. Ch. 8, Case 30, pp. 210, 247. Q. A person having a wife and two daughters, made a verbal gist in favour of one of them of his whole ancestral landed, and other property: in this cage, is the gift legal or other wise ? - R. Under the above circumstances, the gift orally made by the father to one of his daughters, though when he made the gift there were his wife and another daughter living, is legal and valid. - - , Zillah Burdwun, April 14th, 1821. Macn. H. Ia. Vol. II.Ch. 8. Case 35, р. 248. • Q. 1. A person makes a gift of some immovable property to his daughter's sons, who are under age, and live under his control. The donor keeps the property given in his own possession, Under these circumstances, should the gift be considered valid and binding, or otherwise? R. 1. Supposing the donor to have bestowed the estate, on the minor sons of his daughter, who are under his care and protection, and that he retained the property in his own possession during the dottecs' minority, in this case the gift is legal; but is, on the expiration of the donees’ _ ബ - * But see note to case 89. t This opinion, and the one which preceded, it to the like effect, must be received with some degree of qualifieation. It has been laid down as a general principle by Mr. Colebrooke, in his treatise on Obligations and Contracts (book IV. §§645,) that, “by the Hindu, law, a gift or gratuitous contract made by a person afflicted with an inorable distemper, is void... His equanimity, being disturbed, he does not possess the self-control requisite to a valid act and legal disposal of his property.” It follows that, to uphold a gift made on a death bed, there should to the clearest proof of sound disposing mind, to repel any presumption which might exist to the contrary. . - A death-bed gist is valid. Minority extends to the end of fifteen year. The gift of a man's own acquisitions is valid, though made on his death-bed if he was of sound disposing mind at the time. A man may give his whole property to one daughter, to the exclusion of his wife and another daughter. A gift to .a minor is valid, provided on his coming of age he exercise ownership over it.