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Section 2(3) of the CPC defines 'Decree-holder'. The definition includes:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. **Section 2(3)** of the CPC defines '**Decree-holder**' to mean **any person in whose favour a decree has been passed or an order capable of execution has been made**.
2. Critically: '**Thus, a person who is NOT a party to the suit but in whose favour an order capable of execution is passed is a decree-holder**.'
3. So the definition is wider than 'plaintiff' — it includes any beneficiary of an executable decree or order, even if not a named party to the original suit.
4. Compare with Section 2(10) — '**Judgement-debtor**' means any person against whom a decree has been passed or an order capable of execution has been made; this does NOT include a legal representative of a deceased judgement-debtor.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 8, 'Decree-holder' (Section 2(3)) and 'Judgement-debtor' (Section 2(10)), p. 176._
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