Defence Act 1842

XVIII Bodies Politic may agree for the Sale of Lands, &c.

And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for all Bodies Politic or Corporate, Ecclesiastical or Civil, and all Feoffees or Trustees for charitable or other public Purposes, and for all Tenants for Life and Tenants in Tail, and for the Husbands, Guardians, Trustees, Committees, Curators, or Attornies of such of the Owners or Proprietors of or Persons interested in any such Lands, Buildings, or other Hereditaments so surveyed and marked out as shall be Femes Covert, Infants, Lunatics, Idiots, or Persons beyond the Seas, or otherwise incapable of acting for themselves, to contract and agree with such principal Officers, either for the absolute Sale of such Lands, Buildings, or other Hereditaments, or for the Grant of any Lease, either for any Term of Years certain therein, or for such Period as the Exigence of the public Service shall require, and to convey, surrender, demise, or grant the same to such principal Officers, in Trust for Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, accordingly; and all such Contracts, Sales, Conveyances, Surrenders, Leases, and Agreements shall be valid and effectual in Law to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever.