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2019 Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title I - Title to Real Property
Chapter 184 - General Provisions Relative to Real Property
Section 9 - Conveyance by Tenant for Life or Years of Greater Estate
Universal Citation: MA Gen L ch 184 § 9 (2019)
Section 9. A conveyance by a tenant for life or years which purports to grant a greater estate than he possesses or can lawfully convey shall not work a forfeiture of his estate, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which such tenant can lawfully convey.
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