Excerpt from Hindu Law: With an Appendix of Mahomedan Law of Inheritance Since the publication of the last edition of this work in 1897 important decisions have been passed by the Judicial Committee as well as by the High Courts, which have either settled some doubtful questions, or rectified errors, or introduced innovations apparently contrary to traditional interpretations of law, and to usages hitherto accepted by the profession and the people. These have been noticed and discussed in this edition, and the work has been carefully revised. But owing to the unexpected rapid sale of the last edition, the book had to be hurriedly passed through the Press for meeting the demand of the students of law, and some imperfections may have crept into the work. Some additions and alterations have also. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.