Real Property Act 1845

The Real Property Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulated the transfer of land by sale.

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Section 3 of the act stated that "a lease required by law to be in writing ... shall be void at law unless also made by deed".

Section 5 reversed a common law rule that a person could not take an immediate interest in land unless named in an indenture under seal.

Section 6 stated that contingent interests were entirely alienable.

Conveyance of Real Property Act 1845
The Act 8 & 9 Vict. c. 119, sometimes called the Conveyance of Real Property Act 1845, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.