CPC 1908 § Appendix D, Form 20 — FINAL DECREE IN AN ADMINISTRATION-SUIT BY NEXT-OF-KIN

Statutory text (English)

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1. LET the *of the said Court tax the costs of the plaintiff and defendant in
this suit, and let the amount of the said plaintiff's costs, when so taxed, be paid by the defendant to the
plaintiff out of the sum of Rs., the balance by the said certificate found to be
due from the said defendant on account of the personal estate of E.F. the intestate, within one week
after the taxation of the said cost by the said *, and let the defendant retain for her own
use out of such sum her costs, when taxed.
2. And it is ordered that the residue of the said sum of Rs., after payment of
the plaintiff's and defendants costs as aforesaid, be paid and applied by defendant as follows:-
(a) Let the defendant, within one week after the taxation of the said costs by the
*as aforesaid, pay one-third share of the said residue to the
plaintiffs A.B., and C.D., his wife, in her right as the sister and one of the
next-of-kin of the said E.F., the intestate.
(b) Let the defendant retain for her own use on other third share of the said residue,
as the mother and one of the next-of-kin of the said E.F., the intestate.
(c) And let the defendant, within one week after the taxation of the said cost by the
*as aforesaid, pay the remaining one-third share of the said
residue to G.H., as the brother and the other next-of-kin of the said E.F., the
intestate.

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Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Appendix D, Form 20 (Appendix D (DECREES)): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Appendices A-H statutory forms, pp. 185-318; printed FOURTH/FIFTH Schedule stubs omitted/repealed), p. 266, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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