law: Court Fees Act, 1850 
  19.Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on 
  
  legacy .-
  
  Where payment on account of a debt or of interest on legacy is
  
  made before the expiration of the prescribed period by the person liable to pay
  
  the debt or legacy or by his agent duly authorized in this behalf, a fresh
  
  period of limitation shall be computed from the time when the payment was made:
  Provided  that, save in the case of payment of interest
  
  made before the 1st day of January, 1928, an acknowledgment of the payment
  
  appears in the handwriting of, or in a writing signed by, the person making the
  
  payment.
  Explanation.--  For the purposes of this section.—
  (a) where mortgaged land is in the possession of the mortgagee,
  
  the receipt of the rent or produce of such land shall be deemed to be a
  
  payment;
  (b) "debt" does not include money payable under a
  
  decree or order of a court.