{"data":{"id":"us-de/12-del.-c.-2708","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"12 Del. C. § 2708","heading":"Return of sale; deed.","body":"(a) An executor or administrator shall return the proceedings to any adjourned or regular term of the Court of Chancery after the making or renewing of an order of sale; and if the return is approved, the executor or administrator shall make a deed to the purchaser for the premises sold.\n(b) If an order is made to several executors or administrators, upon the death of any, it shall survive.\n(c) A successor administrator may return a sale made by a former executor or administrator and make a deed to the purchaser, if the Court of Chancery approves the sale and orders the successor to make a deed. The successor may, under order of the Court, make a deed pursuant to a sale returned by such former executor or administrator and duly approved.\n(d) A deed may also be made, by order of the Court of Chancery, to the heirs or to the assigns of a deceased purchaser.\n(e) The Court of Chancery shall not order a deed to be made in any case, unless the purchase money is first paid.","path":["Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Administration of Decedents’ Estates","CHAPTER 27. Sale of Lands by Executors and Administrators"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c027/index.html#2708","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:15Z","sha256":"f43ae8850c1c97673826e8529e2d6e54e9dd95ddbc04d0370424b102aea36fd8","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/12-del.-c.-2707","next":"us-de/12-del.-c.-2709"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}