Section 18 Bodies politic may agree for the sale of lands, &c.C1

It shall be lawful for all bodies politic or corporate, ecclesiastical or civil, and all . . . F1 trustees for charitable or other public purposes, and for all F2tenants for life and tenants in tail, and for the . . . F3, guardians, trustees, . . . F4, 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 F5 . . . , infants, . . . F6, orpersons 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, . . . , demise, and grant the same to such principal officers, in trust for Her Majesty accordingly; and all such contracts, sales, conveyances, . . . , leases, and agreements shall be valid and effectual in law to all intents and purposes whatsoever.