Excerpt from La Revue Legale, Vol. 7 It is in India that we find still surviving that form of family organization which was once characteristic of all the Aryans. This is the joint undivided family, composed of the male descendants of a common ancestor, any males who have been adopted by members of the family, and the wives, widows. And unmarried daughters of the male members; all of whom are living as a joint Hindu family, and none of whom have separated from others. (sir W. C. Petheram; second article on English Judges and Hindu Law, 1899' p. All of these are joint owners in the family property, and offer sacrifices to the same common ancestor. Students of Roman Law know that this description of an existing Hindu family applies with absolute accuracy to the early Roman family. 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.