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CHAPTER LVI, I-9.
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4. The guardianship of a family is that when a guardian has to be appointed in that manner over the family of a man whose wife', or daughter, or infant son is not fit for their own guardianship, so it is necessary to appoint some one. 5. And it is necessary to appoint the adopted son and the family guardianship at such time as may be convenient to them; and when the man passes away as I have written it is necessary to appoint at such period as I have written, and to neglect it temporarily, even the length of a year, would not be authorised.
6. Fit for adoption is a grown-up sister who is not adopted in another family, then a brother's daughter, then a brother's son, and then the other nearest relatives. 7. Fit for the family guardianship is first the father of the serving wife (kagar)3, then a brother, then a daughter, and then the other nearest relations; among brothers he who is the eldest (mas) among them is the fittest.
8. The food and clothing of a wife that may be privileged-who is the house-mistress of the family, and is one kind of adopted son-of a living infant son till he becomes grown up, and of a daughter of the family while she is in the guardianship of the family guardians, are out of the property of the family so long as it exists for the purpose.
9. It has become the custom that the lapfuls and
1 Because she is not a privileged wife, but a serving one (see Chap. LIV, 9), as appears from § 7.
A woman or child cannot be adopted by more than one family (see Chap. LVII, 3). The case under consideration is that mentioned in § 2, when the deceased leaves no wife, child, or brother. 3 Referring to the case assumed in § 4.
That is, till she is married.
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