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For Deft No 2. Defendant’s Answer.
of her answer.] I afterwards however got the remaining part of the answer transcribed & her it follows.]
And this Defendant further answering says that she does not know whether or not the said Cauzee or Muftees, or any or either of them, or whether or not any other & what persons or person on their behalf, at the time of the delivery of such report, or at any other time whatever, delivered into the said Provincial Council at Patna aforesaid, or to any other and what Persons or Person, a Futwah, or Judicial Decree, in writing, in the Persian or in any other and and what language, made and passed by them the said Cauzee and Muftees, or by any or either of them, in the said pretended and Exparte Cause or business, nor whether such Futevah (if so delivered) did or did not correspond in any and what respect with such aforesaid report or otherwise; but this Defendant does not admit or believe that such Futwah, or Judicial Decree, (if any were ever made or passed or so delivered as aforesaid) was so made and passed and delivered by the said Cauzee and Muftees, or by any or either of them, with all due and Customary Formalities and according to the established and known or according to the public and acknowledged doctrine and principles of the Mahomedan Lairs, or of any other Law whatever,
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