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Which of the following is the true meaning of the term 'Legal Representative' under the Code of Civil…

Section 2(11) CPC defines a legal representative as a person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person, and includes any person who intermeddles with the estate…

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Which of the following is the true meaning of the term 'Legal Representative' under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908?

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Section 2(11) CPC defines a legal representative as a person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person, and includes any person who intermeddles with the estate of the deceased and, where a party sues or is sued in a representative character, the person on whom the estate devolves on the death of the party so suing or sued. Each listed statement reproduces part of this definition, so "All of the given options are correct". The term is not confined to heirs.

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