IRISH BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT ACT 1857

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IRISH BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT ACT 1857 - SECT 116



116. Proceedings to obtain adjudication of bankruptcy shall be by petition
..., and the truth thereof verified by the affidavit of the petitioner ...;
and every such petition shall be filed and prosecuted as directed by this Act;
and from and after the filing of such petition the Court shall have full power
and authority to take such order and direction ... with all his lands,
tenements, and hereditaments, both within this realm and abroad, ..., which he
shall have in his own right before he became bankrupt, as also with all such
interest in any such lands, tenements, and hereditaments as such bankrupt may
lawfully depart withal, and with all his money, fees, offices, annuities,
goods, chattels, wares, merchandise, rights, credits, effects, and debts,
wheresoever they may be found or known, and to make or order sale thereof in
manner herein mentioned, or otherwise order the same for satisfaction and
payment of the creditors of the bankrupt.

S.117 rep. by 1872 c.58 s.5 sch.(A). Ss.118, 119 rep. by 1980 NI 4
art.44(2)(b) sch.3

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IRISH BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT ACT 1857 - SECT 116