2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 39 - Conveyances.
§ 39-1. Fee presumed, though word "heirs" omitted.
Chapter 39.
Conveyances.
Article 1.
Construction and Sufficiency.
§ 39‑1. Fee presumed, though word "heirs" omitted.
When real estate is conveyed to any person, the same shall be held and construed to be a conveyance in fee, whether the word "heir" is used or not, unless such conveyance in plain and express words shows, or it is plainly intended by the conveyance or some part thereof, that the grantor meant to convey an estate of less dignity. (1879, c. 148; Code, s. 1280; Rev., s. 946; C.S., s. 991.)
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