52 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Provided further that in the case of a rule applicable only to a family it has not been discontinued by the family;
(iv) “full blood” and “half blood”—two persons are said to be related to each other by full blood when they are descended from a common ancestor by the same wife and by half blood when they are descended from a common ancestor but by different wives;
(v) “uterine blood”.— two persons are said to be related to each other by uterine blood when they are descended from a common ancestress but by different husbands;
Explanation.—In Clauses (iv) and (v) “ancestor” includes the father and “ancestress” the mother;
(vi) “Marumakkattayam law” means the system of law applicable to persons:—
(a) who, if this Code had not been passed, would have been governed by the Madras Marumakkattayam Act, 1932 (Madras Act XXII of 1933), the Travancore Nair Act II of 1100, the Travancore Ezhava Act, III of 1100, the Nanjinad Vellala Act, 1101, the Travancore Kashatriya Act,
1108, the Travancore Krishnavaka—Marumukkathayam Act, 1115. the Cochin Thiyya Act VIII of 1107, the Cohin Nayar Act, XXIX of 1113, or the Cochin Marumakkathayam Act, XXXIII of 1113; or
(b) who belong to any community, the members of which are largely domiciled in the State of Travancore-Cochin or Madras and who, if this Code had not been passed would have been governed by any system of inheritance in which descent is traced through the female line;
but does not include the Aliyasantana law;
(vii) “Nambudri law” means the law applicable to persons who, if this Code had not been passed, would have been governed by the Madras Nambudri Act, 1932 (Madras Act XXI of 1933), the Cochin Nambudri Act (XVII of 1114) or the Travancore Malayala Brahmin Act of 1106 (Regulation III of 1106);
(viii) “Part” means a Part of this Code;
(ix) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Code;
(x) “related” means related by legitimate kinship:
Provided that illegitimate children shall be deemed to be related to their mother and to one another and their legitimate descendants shall be deemed to be related to them and to one another; and any word expressing relationship or denoting a relative shall be construed accordingly;
(xi) “son” includes an adopted son, whether adopted before or after the commencement of this Code, but does not include an illegitimate son.