Act Number: 39

Act Name: The Indian Succession Act, 1925

Year: 1925

Enactment Date: 1925-09-30

Long Title: An Act to consolidate the law applicable to intestate and testamentary succession.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 154: Ademption of specific bequest of right to receive something from third party.
    Where the thing specifically bequeathed is the right to receive something of value from a third party, and the testator himself receives it, the bequest is adeemed.
     Illustrations
     (i) A bequeaths to B--
     "the debt which C owes me":
     "2,000 rupees which I have in the hands of D":
     "the money due to me on the bond of E":
     "my mortgage on the Rampur factory",
     All these debts are extinguished in A's lifetime, some with and some without his consent. All the legacies are adeemed.
     (ii) A bequeaths to B his interest in certain policies of life assurance. A in his lifetime receives the amount of the policies. The legacy is adeemed.
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