Which role alone does not make someone a legal representative of a deceased person under section 2(11) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908?
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Which role alone does not make someone a legal representative of a deceased person under section 2(11) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908?
A residuary legatee representing the deceased’s estate
An official assignee administering a living insolvent’s property
A coparcener on whom the deceased’s interest lawfully devolved and who represents it
An executor acting for the deceased’s estate
Answer and explanation
Section 2(11) looks to representation of the deceased’s estate, including intermeddling with it. It also addresses devolution of the estate where the deceased litigated in a representative capacity. An official assignee dealing only with a living insolvent’s property acts in a separate insolvency capacity.
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