# Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871, Section 98: Persons not petitioning or not proceeding to trial within limited time barred


Every person having right to traverse who shall not within the time herein-before limited present his petition for that purpose, or who shall refuse or neglect to give such security as aforesaid, or who shall not proceed to trial within the time to be limited as aforesaid, and his heirs, executors, and administrators, and all others claiming by, through, or under him, shall be absolutely barred of his and their right of traverse, unless the Lord Chancellor intrusted as aforesaid shall, under the special circumstances of any particular case, think fit, upon petition for that purpose, to allow the traverse to be had or tried after the time by this Act limited, in all which special cases the Lord Chancellor intrusted as aforesaid may make such orders as to him shall seem just.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/34-35/22/section/98 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lunacy-regulation-ireland-act-1871/section-98
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