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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  3. Title I TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY
  4. Chapter 184 GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO REAL PROPERTY
  5. Section 9 Conveyance by tenant for life or years of greater estate

Section 9

Section 9: Conveyance by tenant for life or years of greater estate

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.