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2018 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 34 - Property
Chapter 34-4 Estates in Real Property
Section 34-4-3 Purported grant of estate greater than owned by grantor.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 34-4-3 (2018)
§ 34-4-3. Purported grant of estate greater than owned by grantor.
A conveyance made by a tenant for life or for years, purporting to grant a greater estate than he or she possesses or can lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture of his or her estate, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which the tenant can lawfully convey.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 433, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-3.)
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