Maine Statutes
§ 33 §157 — Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest owned
A conveyance of a greater estate than he can lawfully convey, made by a tenant for life or years, will pass what estate he has and will not work a forfeiture, and no expectant estate can be defeated by any act of the owner of the precedent estate or by any destruction of it, except as provided in section 156.
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§ 33 §1
Termination date§ 33 §1001
Definitions§ 33 §1002
Manner of making gift§ 33 §1003
Effect of gift§ 33 §1004
Powers and duties§ 33 §1006
Exemption of 3rd persons from liability§ 33 §1008
Accounting§ 33 §1009
Construction§ 33 §101-1
Application of rule§ 33 §101-A-1
Trusts exempt from rule against perpetuities§ 33 §1010
Short title§ 33 §102-1
Age may be reduced to 21§ 33 §1021
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