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Principle: Property Can Be Transferred Only by a Living Person to Another Living Person. Facts: 'A‘ Transfers Property of Which He is the Owner in Favor of the Unborn Child of B. - Mathematics

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Principle:  Property can be transferred only by a living person to another living person.  

Facts:  'A‘ transfers property of which he is the owner in favor of the unborn child of B.

Options

  • Property has been transferred to the unborn child 

  • Property has been transferred to B 

  • Property has not been transferred to the unborn child 

  • The property will be transferred to the unborn child after his birth 

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Solution

Property has not been transferred to the unborn child 

Explanation:

The property has not been transferred to the unborn child. According to the principle, the property can only be transferred by a living person to another living person. The unborn child is not a living person. 

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