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two-thirds plus two-thirds of thing, the moiety of which, namely, three dirhems and one-third plus one-third of thing, returns as his portion to the husband.[1] Thus the heirs of the husband obtain (as his share) ninety-three dirhems and one-third, less two-thirds of thing; and this is twice as much as the sum given to (99) the woman, which was thing, since the woman had power to bequeath one-third of all which the husband left;[2] and twice as much as the gift to her is two things. Remove now the ninety-three and one-third, from two-thirds of thing, and add these to the two things. Then you have ninety-three dirhems and one-third equal to two things and two-thirds. One thing is three-eighths of it, namely, as much as three-eighths of the ninety-three and one-third, that is, thirty-five dirhems.
If the question is the same, with this exception only, that the wife has ten dirhems of debts, and that she bequeaths one-third of her capital; then the Computa-
- ↑ In other cases, as appears from pages 92 and 93, a husband inherits one-fourth of the residue of his wife’s estate, after deducting the legacies which she may have bequeathed. But in this instance he inherits half the residue. If she die in debt, the debt is first to be deducted from her property, at least to the extent of her dowry (sce the next problem.)
- ↑ When the husband makes a bequest to a stranger, the third is reduced to one-sixth. Vide p. 137.
