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LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS ACT 1854 - SECT 1

Conveyances of land as sites for certain institutions.

1. Any person in... Ireland, being seised in fee simple, fee tail, or for
life, of ... lands of freehold... tenure, and having the present beneficial
interest therein, may grant, convey, ..., by way of gift, sale, or exchange,
in fee simple or for a term of years, any quantity not exceeding one acre of
such land, whether built upon or not, as a site for any such institution as
herein-after described: Provided, that no such grant made by any person seised
only for life of and in any such... lands shall be valid, unless, if there be
any person next entitled to the same in remainder, in fee simple or fee tail,
and if such person be legally competent, he shall be a party to and join in
such grant: Provided also, that where any portion of waste or commonable land
shall be gratuitously conveyed by any lord of a manor for any such purpose as
aforesaid, the rights of all commoners and others having interest of a like
nature in the said land shall be barred and divested by such conveyance.

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