व्यवहारमयूख (नीलकण्ठ भट्ट - पश्चिमी भारत की हिन्दू न्याय-संहिता एवं व्यवहार कोष)

96 VYAVAHĀRAMAYŪKHA [ S. IV 4 23-27
M. p. 45. L 19-p. 46 L. 21
Among members of the same family who being once undivided became
divided and then began to live together ( i e reunited ) there may be
partition again up to the fourth in descent (including the propositus), this
is the established rule
If a debt a document, a house a field be the property of a person's
grandfather he though he may have gone abroad for a long time is
entitled to a share in it when he returns If a person leaves the country
common to his family (and himself) and resorts to another country there
is no doubt that a share must be given to his descendant when he returns
( Bṛhaspati p 378 vv 23-24 ).

• Avibhaktavibhaktānām ( in Devala ) means the great-great-grand
  father and his sons who are reunited ^1 This ( text of Devala ) refers to
  those who live in the same country A fifth in descent and the like also do
  take (a share in the heritage) when they live in another country since the
  smṛti of Bṛhaspati ( p. 373 v 25 ) when treating of residence in a foreign
  country says
  Even he who is third or fifth or seventh ( from the propositus ) may
  receive his share descending hereditarily on his birth and family name
  being ascertained
  Bṛhaspati ( p 372 v 15 ) speaks of a partition according to mothers in
  some cases
  If there be many ( sons ) sprung from the same ( father ) who are
  equal in caste and number they may make on account of their being born
  of rival mothers a legal partition according to the mothers ^2
  Vyāsa says
  If there be sons who are sprung from one ( father ) who are equal in
  caste and number but have different mothers a division according to
  mothers is commended
  Bṛhaspati ( p 372 v 16 ) cites an example opposite of this
  Among (sons ) who are of the same varṇa ( class ) but differ in
  number ( i e a different number of sons is born to each wife ) a division
  according to the males ( entitled to share ) is commended
  Yājñavalkya (II 125) speaks of partition among sons of ( mothers of )
  different castes
  The sons of a brāhmaṇa get respectively four shares three, two and
  one those born of a kṣatriya get three two and one while those
  1 This explanation should really have come before the verses If a debt &c

2. When the sons are of the same caste and equal in number though born of different
   mothers, no difference will result as to the share of each son whether there be a division
   with reference to the mothers or without. But the text speaks of division through
   mothers here simply to give prominence to them.
   P 102 (text).