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LANDED ESTATES COURT (IRELAND) ACT 1858 - SECT 53

Power of Court to sell, and proceedings thereon.

53. If, upon any application for a sale, conveyance to a vendee, or
declaration under this Act, or the execution of any decree or order for a sale
directed by the Court of Chancery or Bankruptcy in Ireland respectively, or
upon any information or evidence which may be received by and produced to
the judge in relation to the matter of such application or reference, it shall
appear to the judge that a sale or conveyance of the land to which the
application, decree, or order may relate, or any part thereof, or conveyance
to a vendee or declaration of title, may be found expedient, he shall direct
notices to be given to such persons and in such manner as he shall think fit,
and shall, where any parties interested in the land apply to the Court for
that purpose, hear such parties, by themselves, their counsel or solicitors,
and shall, so far only as may be necessary to enable him to determine whether,
under all the circumstances, it is expedient that a sale of all or any part of
the land should be made, or conveyance to a vendee be executed, or a
declaration of title should be made, investigate the title and the
incumbrances affecting the land, and the state and circumstances of the land;
and, according as it shall seem so expedient to the judge, it shall be lawful
for him, at his discretion, to make or refuse an order for the sale of all or
any part of such land, or for a conveyance to such vendee, or a declaration of
title accordingly, in manner aforesaid; or, if he see fit, he may dismiss any
original application in such matter, or report or certify the insufficiency of
the title to the Court of Chancery or Court of Bankruptcy in manner
aforesaid.Sale may be made subject to annual charge or apportioned part
thereof.



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