If the hus band has property then the right of the widow to maintenance becomes an equitable charge on his property and any person who succeeds to the property carries with it the legal obliga tion to maintain the widow; (2) though the widow 's right to maintenance is not a right to property but it is undoubtedly pre existing right in property, i.e. it is a jus ad rem not jus in rem and it can be en forced by the widow who can get a charge created for her maintenance on the property either by an agreement or by obtaining a decree from the civil court; (3) that the right of maintenance is a matter of moment and is of such importance that even if the joint property is sold and the purchas er has notice of the widow 's right to mainte nance, the purchaser is legally bound to provide for her maintenance; (4) that the right to maintenance is undoubt edly a preexisting right which existed in the Hindu Law long before the passing of the Act of 1937 or the Act of 1946, and is, therefore, a pre existing right; (5) that the right to maintenance flows from the social and temporal relationship between the husband and the wife by virtue of which the wife becomes a sort I.L.R. (2) I.L.R. 287 of co owner in the property of her husband, though her co ownership is of a subordinate nature; and (6)that where a Hindu widow is in possession of the property of her husband, she is enti tled to retain the possession in lieu of her maintenance unless the person who succeeds to the property or purchases the same is in a position to make due arrangements for her maintenance.