5. c. 23) is an act passed in 1925 by the British Parliament that consolidated, reformed, and simplified the rules relating to the administration of estates in England and Wales.

All authority that a personal representative had with respect to chattels real (such as fixtures) was extended to cover any matter dealing with real estate as well.

[1] With respect to the property of any estate (excepting entailed interests), there were abolished:[2] The rules governing the distribution of intestate estates were replaced by a single statutory framework.

[3] The Act has been subsequently amended in certain respects by the following: The Act plays a major role (as the 'Property Act') in the 1927 mystery novel Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers, its commencement with respect to intestate estates providing the motive for a seemingly motiveless murder which Lord Peter Wimsey must solve.

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