and the same applies to brothers and sisters; alternatively, it is the total number of residuary heirs, brothers, or sons.

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Heirs fall into four categories. Some have a prescribed share but are not residuary heirs. Their prescribed share is neither increased nor reduced, unless the base number of the inheritance calculation is increased. These are husbands, wives, mothers, grandmothers, a daughter or daughters, and maternal half-brothers and half-sisters.

Some have a prescribed share and are also residuary heirs. Such an heir inherits the entire estate if he is the sole heir. If there are other heirs, his prescribed share is not reduced unless the base number of the inheritance calculation is increased. These are the father and the paternal grandfather, however far the paternal line ascends.

Some are residuary heirs in certain circumstances. These are full sisters and paternal half-sisters, for they become residuary heirs when inheriting alongside daughters.

Some are residuary heirs in all circumstances. They inherit the entire estate when they are the sole heirs, or whatever remains after those entitled to prescribed shares have received them, if anything remains. These are sons and their male-line descendants, brothers and their sons, paternal uncles and their sons, and male and female patrons through the bond of emancipation.

Chapter: Inheritance through the Bond of Emancipation

The bond of emancipation is like kinship: in the absence of kinship, it confers a right to inherit, just as kinship does. The emancipating patron therefore inherits the entire estate when he is the sole heir. When inheriting alongside someone entitled to a prescribed share, he takes the remainder as a residuary heir. There are three kinds of patron:

The patron who emancipated the person himself.

His father’s patron.

His mother’s patron.