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Sec. 12. Orders relating to payment of debts where appeal is taken. — If an appeal has been taken from a decision of the court concerning a claim, the court may suspend the order for the payment of the debts or may order the distribution among the creditors whose claims are definitely allowed, leaving in the hands of the executor or administrator sufficient assets to pay the claim disputed and appealed. When a disputed claim is finally settled the court having jurisdiction of the estate shall order the same to be paid out of the assets retained to the same extent and in the same proportion with the claims of other creditors.

Rules of Court, Rule 88, Section 12. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against four independently published renderings of the Rules of Court — only text on which at least two independent publishers agree is shown.

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This is Section 12 of Rule 88 (Payment Of The Debts Of The Estate) of the Rules of Court of the Philippines — the Special Proceedings rules (Rules 72–109), in force since January 1, 1964. The text above is reproduced verbatim.

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