..., on his death, any claim to inherit his property with a son not separated. Thus, where a father separates from his sons, an after-born son alone inherits the share which his father took on partition as.... Sadashiv Dhundiraj. Thus as regards sons, the authorities would seem to indicate that re-united and divided sons are ordinarily on an equal footing.But if a son is born after separation, it would appear that a re-united son acquires a preferential status vis-a-vis the divided sons. As regards the after-born son, there are clear provisions. Manu says: “But a son born after partition shall..., section 6, placitum 4, where it is said: “The same rule is propounded by Manu: ‘A son born after a division shall alone take the parental wealth.”Placitum 6 says: “Thus, whatever has been acquired by the father in the period subsequent to partition, belongs...