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3. I admit that I am entitled under the will of my father, subject to the life-interest of my mother therein, to property of the value of Rs. 5,000, that is to say, I shall be entitled under my said father's will, upon the death of my mother, to a legacy of Rs. 7,000, out of which I shall, have to pay to my father's executors the sum of Rs. 2,000 the amount of a debt owing by me to his estate, and upon which debt I am now paying interest at the rate of five per cent per annum.
3. That such decree was obtained in the absence of your petitioner, who was then residing at [ State facts tending to show that the petitioner did not know of the proceedings; and further, that had he known he might have offered a sufficient defence .]
or
That there was reasonable ground for your petitioner leaving his said wife, for that his said wife [ Here state any legal grounds justifying the petitioner's separation from his wife .] Your petitioner, therefore, prays that this (Hon'ble) Court will reverse the said decree.
(Signed) A.B.
Form of Verifications: See No . 1.
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No. 11.—PETITION for Protection-order
( See section 27)
In the (High) Court of To the Hon'ble Mr. Justice [ or To the Judge of
].
The day of 186 . The petition of C.B ., of the wife of A.B.
SHEWETH, That on the day of she was lawfully married to A.B ., at That she lived and cohabited with the said A.B . for years at , and also at , and hath had children, issue of her said marriage, of whom are now living with the applicant, and wholly dependent upon her earnings. That on or about the said A.B ., without any reasonable cause, deserted the applicant, and hath ever since remined separate and apart from her. That since the desertion of her said husband, the applicant hath maintained herself by her own industry [or on her own property , as the case may be ], and hath thereby and otherwise acquired certain property consisting of [ here state generally the nature of the property ]. Wherefore she prays an order for the protection of her earnings and property acquired since the said, day of, from the said A.B ., and from all creditors and persons claiming under him.
(Signed) C.B .
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No. 12.—PETITION for Alimony pending the suit
( See section 36)
In the (High) Court of
B . against B. To, the Hon'ble Mr. Justice [ or To the Judge of ]. The day of 186 . The petition of C.B., the lawful wife of A.B.
SHEWETH,
3. That the said C.D. has never consummated the said pretended marriage by carnal copulation.
3. That on diverse occasions in or about the months of August , September and October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty the, said A.B ., at aforesaid, committed adultery with E.F ., who was then living in the service of the said A.B ., and your petitioner at their said residence aforesaid.
3. That he denies that he committed adultery with G.H ., as in the fourth paragraph of the petition alleged.
3. That from and shortly after your petitioner's said marriage, the said C.B . habitually conducted himself towards your petitioner with great harshness and cruelty, frequently abusing her in the coarsest and most insulting language, and beating her with his fists, with a cane, or with some other weapon. 4. That on an evening in or about the month of one thousand eight hundred and , the said C.B. in the highway and opposite to the house in which your petitioner and the said C.B. were then residing at aforesaid, endeavoured to knock your petitioner down, and was only prevented from so doing by the interference of F.D ., your petitioner's brother.
3. That the said A.B. is entitled, under the will of his father, subject to the life interest of his mother therein to property of the value of Rs. 5,000 or some other considerable amount (a).
Your petitioner, therefore, prays that this (Hon'ble) Court will decree such sum or sums of money by way of alimony, pending the suit, as to this (Hon'ble) Court may seem meet.
(Signed) C.B.
Form of Verification : See No. 1
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No . 13 . — Statement in answer to No. 12
In the (High) Court of
B, against B .
A.B ., of , the above-named respondent, in — answer to the petition for alimony, pending the suit, of C.B., says 1. In answer to the first paragraph of the said petition, I say that I have for the last three years carried, on the business of , at and
that, from such business, I have derived a net annual income of Rs. 900, but less than Rs. 1,000.
Source: India Code