The executors of T's will pay all of T's debts but die before the specific legacies under the will have…
Section 333(2) allows assent to be express or implied from conduct. Illustration (iv) to section 333 deals with executors who die "after paying all the debts of the…
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The executors of T's will pay all of T's debts but die before the specific legacies under the will have been satisfied. No express assent to those legacies is on record. Under the Indian Succession Act, 1925:
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Section 333(2) allows assent to be express or implied from conduct. Illustration (iv) to section 333 deals with executors who die "after paying all the debts of the testator, but before satisfaction of specific legacies", and states that assent to the legacies may be presumed. The legacies therefore neither fail nor change their character.