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Excerpt from Reports of Important Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of Ceylon, During the Years 1843-'55 Although a priest, if he has lay brothers and sisters, can have no claim to his father's land by inheritance, yet if he be the only child he inherits in preference to collaterals. The rule that a priest taking the robe renounces all wealth is not universal, as he may take by gift, bequest or purchase, and inherits from brothers and sisters. 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.