Section 179: No ademption by subsequent provision for legatee CHAPTER XXII OF ELECTION
The Succession Act · Federal Acts · Part VI · in_force
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No bequest shall be wholly or partially adeemed by a subsequent provision made by settlement or otherwise for the legatee. Illustrations (i) A bequeaths 20, 000 rupees to his son B. He afterwards gives to B the sum of 20, 000 rupees. The legacy is not thereby adeemed. (ii) A bequeaths 40, 000 rupees to B, his orphan niece whom he had brought up from her infancy. Afterwards, on the occasion of B’s marriage, A settles upon her the sum of 30, 000 rupees. The legacy is not thereby diminished. CHAPTER XXII OF ELECTION
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Section 178: Child prima facie entitled to legacy as well as portionSection 180: Circumstances in which election takes placeSection 177: Creditor prima facie entitled to legacy as well as debtSection 181: Devolution of interest relinquished by ownerSection 176: Where gift of annuity and residuary gift, whole annuity to be first satisfied CHAPTER XXI OF LEGACIES TO CREDITORS AND PORTIONERSSection 182: Testator's belief as to his ownership immaterial
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