Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland 1860

Modes of assignment of estate and interest of tenant.

9. The estate or interest of any tenant in any lands under any lease or other contract of tenancy shall be assigned, granted, or transmitted by deed executed, or instrument in writing signed by the party assigning or granting the same, or his agent thereto lawfully authorized in writing, or by devise, bequest, or act and operation of law, and not otherwise; and in case the said estate or interest shall, on the death of the tenant, remain undisposed of and without any special occupant, it shall pass to the personal representative of the tenant as part of the personal estate of such tenant.