Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland 1860

Relation to rest on contract of parties, &c.

3. The relation of landlord and tenant shall be deemed to be founded on the express or implied contract of the parties, and not upon tenure or service, and a reversion shall not be necessary to such relation, which shall be deemed to subsist in all cases in which there shall be an agreement by one party to hold land from or under another in consideration of any rent.