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THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 · CHAPTER VI.—Of the construction of Wills

Section 99 — Construction of terms

In a will—
(a)the word “children” applies only to lineal descendants in the first degree of the person whose “children” are spoken of;
(b)the word “grandchildren” applies only to lineal descendants in the second degree of the person whose “grand children” are spoken of;
(c)the words “nephews” and “nieces” apply only to children of brothers or sisters;
(d)the words “cousins,” or “first cousins,” or “cousins-german,” apply only to children of brothers or of sisters of the father or mother of the person whose “cousins,” or “first cousins,” or “cousins-german,” are spoken of;
(e)the words “first cousins once removed” apply only to children of cousins-german, or to cousins-german of a parent of the person whose “first cousins once removed” are spoken of;
(f)the words “second cousins” apply only to grandchildren of brothers or of sisters of the grandfather or grandmother of the person whose “second cousins” are spoken of;
(g)the words “issue” and “descendants” apply to all lineal descendants whatever of the person whose “issue” or “descendants” are spoken of;
(h)words expressive of collateral relationship apply alike to relatives of full and of half blood; and
(i)all words expressive of relationship apply to a child in the womb who is afterwards born alive.