Mera Samvidhaan All of Indian Succession Act, 1925

Part VI · Chapter XVI · Of Ademption of Legacies

155Ademption pro tanto by testator’s receipt of part of entire thing specifically bequeathed.

Section 155 · Part VI · Chapter XVI · page 56 of the Act

The receipt by the testator of a part of an entire thing specifically bequeathed shall operate as an ademption of the legacy to the extent of the sum so received.

Illustration

A bequeaths to B “the debt due to me by C”. The debt amounts to 10,000 rupees. C pays to A 5,000 rupees the one-half of the debt. The legacy is revoked by ademption, so far as regards the 5,000 rupees received by A.

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