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BANKRUPTCY (IRELAND) AMENDMENT ACT 1872 - SECT 46

Proof in respect of unliquidated damages.

46. If any bankrupt, at the time of adjudication, or any arranging debtor at
the time of the presentation of his petition, shall be liable by reason of any
contract or promise, either express or implied, to a demand in the nature of
damages, which have not been and cannot be otherwise liquidated or
ascertained, it shall be lawful for the Court to direct such damages to be
assessed by a jury, either before itself or in a court of law, and to give all
necessary directions for such purpose, and the amount of damage, when
assessed, shall be provable as if a debt due at the time of the bankruptcy or
the arrangement: Provided, that in case all necessary parties agree, the Court
shall have power to assess such damages without the intervention of a jury or
a reference to a court of law.][


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