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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 33: PROPERTY
Chapter 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE
33 §157. Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest owned
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33 ME Rev Stat § 157 (2012 through 125th Legis)
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Subchapter 1: ESTATES PASSING
§157. Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest owned
A conveyance of a greater estate than he can lawfully convey, made by a tenant for life or years, will pass what estate he has and will not work a forfeiture, and no expectant estate can be defeated by any act of the owner of the precedent estate or by any destruction of it, except as provided in section 156.
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