Separate or self-acquired property is that property which is not joint property. The term separate implies that property which was formally joint has now become separate. If a coparcenary consists of three brothers, X, Y, Z, and X separates from his brothers, the portion of the coparcenary property allotted to him will be his separate property as far as Y [...]
Under the Mitakshara Law, each son, upon his birth, takes an interest, equal to that of his father, in ancestral property, whether such property is movable or immovable. This right of the son in ancestral property is totally independent of his father. It is to be remembered that he does not claim through his father, but independently of him. [...]
Ancestral property is a species of coparcenary property. Ancestral property is that property which is acquired by unobstructed heritage. (See above.) If property is acquired by obstructed heritage, it is not ancestral property. The various types of ancestral property differ from one another as regards the source from which such property is obtained, and may be classified under the following [...]