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Trustee Act 1925
17Accepting a short title
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17 Accepting a short title
A trustee shall not be chargeable with breach of trust upon the ground
only that in effecting the purchase of or in lending money upon the
security of any property he or she has accepted a shorter title than the
title which a purchaser is, in the absence of a special condition,
entitled to require, if in the opinion of the Supreme Court the title
accepted be such as a person acting with prudence and caution would
have accepted.