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A owes B, under a contract, a sum of money the amount of which has not been ascertained. Without…

Illustration (d) to section 63: "This is a discharge of the whole debt, whatever may be its amount." Section 63 lets a promisee "accept instead of it any satisfaction which…

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A owes B, under a contract, a sum of money the amount of which has not been ascertained. Without ascertaining it, A gives B, and B accepts in satisfaction of it, 2,000 rupees. What is the effect?

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Illustration (d) to section 63: "This is a discharge of the whole debt, whatever may be its amount." Section 63 lets a promisee "accept instead of it any satisfaction which he thinks fit". Having accepted 2,000 rupees in satisfaction, B cannot later claim more because the true sum turns out larger.

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