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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-northern-ireland-order-1980/article-18",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1980/397",
  "legislation_title": "County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-northern-ireland-order-1980",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Lodgment in court of legacies, etc., of infants and absentees",
  "text": "Where—\n(a) a person who under a decree becomes entitled to a legacy or any sum of money or securities, is an infant or is out of the United Kingdom; or\n(b) the court is satisfied that the address of any person so entitled cannot be ascertained without undue expense or delay;\nthe court may order that the legacy, sum or securities be lodged, in accordance with rules made under section 82 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 1978 c.23, either in the High Court or in the county court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1980/397/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:38.739072+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}