Note 93 — Chapter XXIX · THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY (concluded)
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Âpastamba, ii. 6. 14. 6, 12. Laws of Manu, ix. 114. Jolly, loc. cit. pp. 77, 82. Maine, Dissertations on Early Law and Custom, p. 89 sq. In China, though sons inherit in equal shares, ”it is not uncommon for the brothers to temporarily yield up their share to the elder brother, either in whole or in part, for the glory of the House” (‘Inheritance and “Patria Potestas” in China,’ in China Review, v. 406; cf. Doolittle, Social Life of the Chinese, ii. 224; Davis, China, i. 343).