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No. 18/1926:

ENFORCEMENT OF COURT ORDERS ACT, 1926.


AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE EXECUTION AND ENFORCEMENT GENERALLY OF JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS OF COURTS OF JUSTICE.

[29th May, 1926.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

PRELIMINARY

Short title.

1. —This Act may be cited as the Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926 .

Definitions.

2. —In this Act the expression "the Minister" means the Minister for Justice,

the expression "execution order" means and includes any writ, decree, warrant, or other document by whatever name called issued by a court in a civil matter directing or authorising the execution of an order of the court by the seizure and sale of a person's property or by putting a person in possession of lands or premises or delivering to him specific property.