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Opinion of Goverdhun Civil Surma.
Answers to 1st Query.
A person who has himself acquired all his Property, can lawfully during his life time divide his Estate into equal shares, and bequeath by will one half unto his wife, and one half unto his only son.

[ILL] A person may dispose of his property, according to his own inclination & pleasure.

Nared Mani also says
A person holding in his own free possession, Property of his own acquiring, has a right to dispose of the same as he pleases.
In the [ILL] [Jaggea Valtia?]
Mani says
“If a person makes a division of his Estate, let him divide it into equal shares and consider his Wife as a Person entitled to receive one of those shares.”
Answer to 2d Query
“A Grandson is entitled to a share of his ancestors Estate, through his Father” Thus says Nared: The father therefore first becomes Proprietors of the Estate, and has a lawful right, to divide it into shares, and to give one share to his wife and one to his only son.
Jaggia