{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-9","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, § 9","heading":"Conveyance by tenant for life or years of greater estate","body":"Section 9. A conveyance by a tenant for life or years which purports to grant a greater estate than he possesses or can lawfully convey shall not work a forfeiture of his estate, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which such tenant can lawfully convey.","path":["Part II","Title I","Chapter 184"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter184/Section9","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:24Z","sha256":"00a58ceec1da013935adc8fdbfd0034a421b5d2e8f30099a116e04bb7bcf4f7a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-8a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}