{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-5","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, § 5","heading":"Conveyance vesting life estate and remainder to heirs","body":"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.","path":["Part II","Title I","Chapter 184"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter184/Section5","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:24Z","sha256":"1c7c4d20d4450900f3aacf3b9119e3d3fa0b44d8da53a16933fb8625f9d25824","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-4","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}