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LUNACY REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1871 - SECT 63

Lunatic's property may be sold, mortgaged, &c., for debts, maintenance, &c.

63. Where it appears to [the High Court] to be just and reasonable, or for the
lunatic's benefit, [it] may order that any estate or interest of the lunatic
in land or stock, either in possession, reversion, remainder, contingency, or
expectancy, be sold, or charged by way of mortgage, or otherwise disposed of,
as may to [it] seem most expedient, for the purpose of raising money to be
applied, and may accordingly order that the money when raised be applied, for
or towards all or any of the purposes following:

(1)The payment of the lunatic's debts or engagements;

(2)The discharge of any incumbrance on his estates;

(3)The payment of any debt or expenditure incurred or made after inquisition,
or authorized by [the High Court] to be incurred or made, for the lunatic's
maintenance or otherwise for his benefit;

(4)The payment of or provision for the expenses of his future maintenance;

(5)The payment of the costs of applying for, obtaining and executing the
inquiry, and of opposing the same;

(6)The payment of the costs of any proceeding under or consequent on the
inquisition, or incurred under order of [the High Court]; and

(7)The payment of the costs of any such sale, mortgage, charge, or other
disposition as is hereby authorized to be made.

Power to charge lunatic's property for his maintenance, debts, and costs.

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