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Home Bare Acts Phrase: testateINDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 113
Title: Bequest to person not in existence at testator's death subject to prior bequest
State: Central
Year: 1925
Where a bequest is made to a person not in existence at the time of the testator's death, subject to a prior bequest contained in the will, the later bequest shall be void, unless it comprises the whole of the remaining interest of the testator in the thing bequeathed. Illustrations (i) Property is bequeathed to A for his life, and after his death to his eldest son for life, and after the death of the latter to his eldest son. At the time of the testator's death, A has no son. Here the bequest to A's eldest son is a bequest to a person not in existence at the testator's death. It is not a bequest of the whole interest that remains to the testator. The bequest to A's eldest son for his life is void. (ii) A fund is bequeathed to A for his life, and after his death to his daughters. A survives the testator. A has daughters some of whom were not in existence at the testator's death. The bequest to A's daughters comprises the whole interest that remains to the testator in the thing bequeathed. The bequest to A's daughters is valid. (iii) A fund is bequeathed to A for his life, and after his death to his daughters, with a direction that, if any of them marries under the age of
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionINDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 112
Title: Bequest to person by particular description, who is not in existence at testator's death
State: Central
Year: 1925
Where a bequest is made to a person by a particular description, and there is no person in existence at the testator's death who answers the description, the bequest is void. Exception.If property is bequeathed to a person described as standing in a particular degree of kindred to a specified individual, but his possession of it is deferred until a time later than the death of the testator, by reason of a prior bequest or otherwise; and if a person answering the description is alive at the death of the testator, or comes into existence between that event, such later time and the property shall, at such later time, go to that person, or, if he is dead, to his representatives. Illustrations (i) A bequeaths 1,000 rupees to the eldest son of B. At the death of the testator, B has no son. The bequest is void. (ii) A bequeaths 1,000 rupees to B for life, and after his death to the eldest son of C. At the death of the testator. C had no son. Afterwards, during the life of B, a son is born to C. Upon B's death the legacy goes to C's son. (iii) A bequeaths 1,000 rupees to B for life, and after his death to the eldest son of C. At the death of the testator, C had no son. Afterwar
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionINDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 107
Title: Effect of words showing testator's intention to give distinct shares
State: Central
Year: 1925
If a legacy is given to legatees in words which show that the testator intended to give them distinct shares of it, then, if any legatee dies before the testator, so much of the legacy as was intended for him shall fall into the residue of the testator's property. Illustration A sum of money is bequeathed to A, B and C, to be equally divided among them. A dies before the testator, B and C Will only take so much as they would have had if A had survived the testator.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionINDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 109
Title: When bequest to testator's child or lineal descendant does not lapse on his death in testator's lifetime
State: Central
Year: 1925
Where a bequest has been made to any child or other lineal descendant of the testator, and the legatee dies in the lifetime of the testator, but any lineal descendant of his survives the testator, the bequest shall not lapse, but shall take effect if the death of the legatee had happened immediately after the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention appears by the Will. Illustration A makes his Will, by which he bequeaths a sum of money to his son, B, for his own absolute use and benefit. B dies before A, leaving a son, C, who survives A, and having made his Will whereby he bequeaths all his property to his widow. D. The money goes to D.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Succession Act, 1925 Section 157
Title: Order of Payment Where Portion of Fund Specifically Bequeathed to One Legatee, and Legacy Charged on Same Fund to Another, and Testator Having Received Portion of That Fund, Remainder Insufficient to Pay Both Legacies
State: Central
Year: 1925
.....extent in payment of the demonstrative legacy, and the rest of the demonstrative legacy shall be paid out of the general assets of the testator. Illustration A bequeaths to B 1,000 rupees, part of the debt of 2,000 rupees due to him from W. He also bequeaths to C 1,000 rupees to be paid out of the debt due to him from W. A afterwards receives 1 [500] rupees, part of that debt, and dies leaving only 1,500 rupees due to him from W. Of these 1,500 rupees, 1,000 rupees belong to B, and 500 rupees are to be paid to C. C is also to receive 500 rupees out of the general assets of the testator. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 10 of 1927, section 2 and Schedule I, for "5,000".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionINDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 87
Title: Testator's intention to be effectuated as far as possible
State: Central
Year: 1925
The intention of the testator shall not be set aside because it cannot take effect to the full extent, but effect is to be given to it as far as possible. Illustrations The testator by a Will made on his death-bed bequeathed all his property to C.D. for life and after his decease to a certain hospital. The intention of the testator cannot take effect to its full extent because the gift to the hospital is void under section 118, but it Will take effect so far as regards the gift to C.D.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Succession Act, 1925 Section 162
Title: When Thing Bequeathed is a Valuable to Be Received by Testator from Third Person; and Testator Himself, or His Representative, Receives It
State: Central
Year: 1925
Where the thing bequeathed is not the right to receive something of value from a third person, but the money or other commodity which may be received from the third person by the testator himself or by his representatives, the receipt of such sum of money or other commodity by the testator shall not constitute an ademption, but if he mixes it up with the general mass of his property, the legacy is adeemed; Illustration A bequeaths to B whatever sum may be received from his claim on C. A receives the whole of his claim on C, and sets it apart from the general mass of his property. The legacy is not adeemed.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Succession Act, 1925 Section 106
Title: Legacy Does Not Lapse if One of Two Joint Legatees Die Before Testator
State: Central
Year: 1925
If a legacy is given to two persons jointly, and one of them dies before the testator, the other legatee takes the whole. Illustration The legacy is simply to A and B. A dies before the testator. B takes the legacy.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionINDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 164
Title: Change of subject without testator's knowledge
State: Central
Year: 1925
Where a thing specifically bequeathed undergoes a change between the date of the will and the testator's death, and the change takes place without the knowledge or sanction of the testator, the legacy is not adeemed. Illustration A bequeaths to B "all my 3 per cent. Consols". The Consols are, without A's knowledge sold by his agent, and the proceeds converted into East India Stock. This legacy is not adeemed.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionINDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 168
Title: Completion of testator's title to things bequeathed to be at cost of his estate
State: Central
Year: 1925
Where anything is to be done to complete the testator's title to the thing bequeathed, it is to be done at the cost of the testator's estate. Illustrations (i) A, having contracted in general terms for the purchase of a piece of land at a certain price, bequeaths to B, and dies before he has paid the purchase-money. The purchase-money must be made good out of A's assets. (ii) A, having contracted for the purchase of a piece of land for a certain sum of money, one-half of which is to be paid down and the other half secured by mortgage of the land, bequeaths it to B, and dies before he has paid or secured any part of the purchase-money. One-half of the purchase-money must be paid out of A's assets.
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