The additional share ,deducted for the eldest shall be one twentieth ,of the estate and the best of all chattels, for the middlemost half of that, but for the youngest one fourth.

The eldest alone may take the whole paternal estate, the others shall live under him just as ,they lived under their father.

If additional shares are thus deducted, one must allot equal shares ,out of the residue to each , but if no deduction is made, the allotment of the shares among them shall be ,made in the following manner.

Both the eldest and the youngest shall take ,their shares according to ,the rule just stated ,each of those who are between the eldest and the youngest, shall have the share ,prescribed for the middlemost.

An eldest brother who through avarice may defraud the younger ones, shall no ,longer hold the position of the eldest, shall not receive an ,eldest son s additional share, and shall be punished by the king.

He who takes care of his deceased brother s estate and of his widow, shall, after raising up a son for his brother, give that property even to that ,son .