# 327 Abatement of general legacies
If the assets, after payment of debts, necessary expenses and specific legacies, are not sufficient to pay all the general legacies in full, the latter shall abate or be diminished in equal proportions, and, in the absence of any direction to the contrary in the will, the executor has no right to pay one legatee in preference to another, or to retain any money on account of a legacy to himself or to any person for whom he is a trustee.
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CHAPTER VII.--Of the Duties of an Executor or Administrator
323
Save as aforesaid, all debts to be paid equally and rateably324
Application of moveable property to payment of debts where domicile not in India325
Debts to be paid before legacies326
Executor or administrator not bound to pay legacies without indemnity328
Non-abatement of specific legacy when assets sufficient to pay debts329
Right under demonstrative legacy when assets sufficient to pay debts and necessary expenses330
Rateable abatement of specific legacies
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