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…. Brothers might divide their Land while they were out of Possession, and might afterward sue for their parts severally, or might join in their suit.
The Court now gave Judgment for the Plaintiff, being of Opinion the answer of the Pundits would sufficiently authorize the Court to depart from the Strict Rule of the English Law, that required the Parties to be in possession to make a Partition of their Lands.
The Cheif Justice in giving Judgment remarked, that this decided nothing about Hindoo Brothers being obliged to
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