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Where the thing specifically bequeathed is the right to receive something of value from a third party, and the testator himself receives it, the bequest is adeemed. Illustrations (i) A bequeaths to B-- "the debt which C owes me": "2,000 rupees which I have in the hands of D": "the money due to me on the bond of E": "my mortgage on the Rampur factory", All these debts are extinguished in A's lifetime, some with and some without his consent. All the legacies are adeemed. (ii) A bequeaths to B his interest in certain policies of life assurance. A in his lifetime receives the amount of the policies. The legacy is adeemed.