Massachusetts Statutes
§ 5 — Conveyance vesting life estate and remainder to heirs
Massachusetts § 5
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIREAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Title ITITLE TO REAL PROPERTY
Ch. 184GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO REAL PROPERTY
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, § 5 (2026).
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Section 5. If land is granted or devised to a person and after his death to his heirs in fee, however the grant or devise is expressed, an estate for life only shall vest in such first taker, and a remainder in fee simple in his heirs.
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