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29 GEO. 2, CAP. 31, SURRENDER OF LEASES. 104: 9 granted, by any Person or Persons, Bodies Politick, Corporate or Collegiate, Aggregate or Sole, for the Life or Lives of one or more Person or Persons, or for any Term of Years, either ab- solute or determinable upon the Death of one or more Person or Persons or otherwise, it shall and may be lawful for such Person under the Age of twenty-one Years, or for his or her Guardian or Guardians, or other Person or Persons on his or her Behalf, and for such Lunatick, or his or her Guardian or Guardians, Committee or Committees of the Estate, or other Person or Persons on his or her Behalf, and for such Feme Covert, or any other Person or Persons on her Behalf, to apply to the High Court of Chancery of Great Britain, the Court of Exchequer, the Courts of Equity of the Counties Palatine of Chester, Lancaster and Durham, or the Courts of Great Ses- sion of the Principality of Wales respectively, by Petition or Motion, in a summary Way, and by the Order and Direction of the said Courts respectively made, upon hearing all Parties concerned, such Person under the Age of twenty-one Years, and such Lunaticks, or Person or Persons appointed by the said Courts respectively, and also such Feme Covert, by Deed or Deeds only, without levying any Fine, shall and may be enabled. from time to time, to surrender such Lease or Leases, and accept and take, in the Name, and for the Benefit of such Person under the Age of twenty-one Years, or Lunatick, or Feme Covert, one or more new Lease or Leases of the Premisses comprised in such Lease or Leases surrendered by virtue of tills Act, for and during such Number of Lives, or for such Term or Terms of Years, determinable upon such Number of Lives, or for such Term or Terms of Years absolute, as -was or were mentioned or contained in such Lease or Leases so sur- rendered, at the making thereof respectively, or otherwise as the said Courts shall respectively direct. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every Sum and Sums of Money and other Consid- eration, paid or advanced by any such Guardian, Trustee, Committee or other Person, as and for a Fine or Income, or in the Nature of a Fine or Income, for or on account of the Renewal of any such Lease or Leases, and all reasonable Charges incident thereto, shall be paid out of the Estate or Effects of the Infant or Lunatick for whose Benefit the said |
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