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Miss. Code Ann. § 89-1-5: Words of inheritance not necessary.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 89. Real and Personal Property
- Chapter 1. Land and Conveyances
- In General
Every estate in lands granted, conveyed, or devised, although the words deemed necessary by the common law to transfer an estate of inheritance be not added, shall be deemed a fee-simple if a less estate be not limited by express words, or unless it clearly appear from the conveyance or will that a less estate was intended to be passed thereby.
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