Hindu Joint Family or Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) Definition
A Hindu Joint Family or Hindu undivided family (HUF) or a Joint Family is an extended family arrangement prevalent among Hindus of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of many generations living under the same roof. All the male members are blood relatives and all the women are either mothers, wives, unmarried daughters, or widowed relatives, all bound by the common sapinda relationship. The joint family status being the result of birth, possession of joint cord that knits the members of the family together is not property but the relationship. The family is headed by a patriarch, usually the oldest male, who makes decisions on economic and social matters on behalf of the entire family. The patriarch's wife generally exerts control over the kitchen, child rearing and minor religious practices. All money goes to the common pool and all property is held jointly.
Six key aspects of Joint Family are:-
- all members live under one roof
- share the same kitchen
- three generations living together (though often two or more brothers live together, or father and son live together or all the descendants of male live together)
- income and expenditure in a common pool- property held together.
- a common place of worship
- all decisions are made by the male head of the family- patrilineal, patriarchal
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