The Real Property Act 1845[1] (8 & 9 Vict.

c. 106) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,[2] which regulated the transfer of land by sale.

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.

[3] Section 6 stated that contingent interests were entirely alienable.