Chapter on the Inheritance of the Khunthā (intersex person)

Such a person is defined as one who combines the outward form of a male with a female vaginal opening.1

His—or her—status is determined by urination: whichever aperture urine exits from first fixes the gender.

If urine issues from both simultaneously, the deciding factor is whichever outlet produces the greater volume;2 should the flow be equal, the case remains indeterminate.

When it is hoped that the ambiguity will clear up after puberty, he and every heir whose entitlement is certain are given their undisputed shares, while the remainder is held in suspension. The matter is deemed settled once clear signs appear—masculinity through the growth of a beard or semen emitted from the penis, or femininity through menstruation, the swelling of the breasts, or the emission of sexual fluid from the vaginal opening.

If the intersex person dies, or reaches adulthood without any definitive sign and the distribution of the estate would differ according to gender, he is allotted half the share of a male and half the share of a female.