Maine Statutes
§ 33 §157 — Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest owned
Maine § 33 §157
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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 33, § 33 §157 (2026).
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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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Termination date§ 33 §1001
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Accounting§ 33 §1009
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Maine § 33 §157, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/me/33%20%C2%A7157.