Drainage (Ireland) Act 1842

Trustees, &c. may apply to Court of Chancery for Leave to assent.

XXV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any Feoffee or Trustee for charitable or other Purposes, and also for any Guardian, Husband, or Committee of any Infant, Feme Covert, or Idiot or Lunatic, respectively, (on behalf of their respective Infants, Idiots, Wives, or Lunatics,) to apply, if they shall think fit, in a summary Way, by Petition a to Her Majesty’s Court of Chancery in Ireland, for Leave to assent to the Execution of any Works proposed to be done under the Provisions of this Act; and the said Court shall have Power to inquire into the Propriety of giving such Assent, and to make such Order on the Petition, and as to the Costs thereof, as to the Court shall seem meet; and if the Court shall authorize any such Assent being given, then it shall be lawful for the Person who shall have presented the Petition to give such Assent, and the same shall be as binding and effectual, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, as if the Person giving the same had been the actual Proprietor of the Lands in respect of which such Assent shall be given.