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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 , was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Subsequent developments

Section 1 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66).

Section 8 of the act was repealed for England and Wales by section 10 of, and the tenth schedule to, the Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 5).

Sections 2–7 and 9 of the act were repealed for England and Wales by section 207 of, and the seventh schedule to, the Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 20).

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