Legal glossary
“aliyasantana law”
Defined in 1 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
HSA · s. 3
The Hindu Succession Act, 1956
(b) "aliyasantana law" means the system of law applicable to persons who, if this Act had not been passed, would have been governed by the Madras Aliyasantana Act, 1949, (Madras Act 9 of 1949) or by the customary aliyasantana law with respect to the matters for which provision is made in this Act;
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