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 such a completement is this. If the author says: as much as must be added to the share of a daughter to make it equal to one-fifth of the capital, he means to say, that the testatrix bequeathed to the legatee one-fifth of the capital, less the share of the daughter; again, if he says: as much as must be added to the share of the mother to make it one-fourth of the capital, he intends, that the testatrix bequeathed to the legatee one-fourth of the capital, less the share of the mother.”

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The manuscript has here the following note.

قال الفقيه احمد بن عباس اقول ان التكملة هذه المسئلة $\overline{١٣}$ سهما والاستثناء من التكملة هو ربع ما يبقي من المال بعد رفع التكملة من المال والذي يبقي من المال بعد رفع التكملة منه $\overline{٥٦}$ وربعها $\overline{۱۴}$ اذا نزعت منها نصيب بنت وهو $\overline{٥}$ بقي منها $\overline{۹}$ وهي الاستثناء من التكملة إذا رفعتها من التكملة وهي  $\overline{١٣}$ بقي منها أربعة وهو الوصية كما ذكر والله أعلم

“The Fakih  says: I hold, that the completement in this instance is thirteen parts, and the deduction from the completement is one-fourth of what remains of the capital after the completement has been taken from the capital. This remainder of the capital, after subtracting the completement, is fifty-six, and its fourth is fourteen. If you subtract from this the portion of a daughter, which is five, by to all