{"data":{"id":"us-me/33-m.r.s.-157","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"33 M.R.S. §157","heading":"Conveyance of greater estate, conveys only interest  owned","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 33: PROPERTY","CHAPTER 7: CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE","SUBCHAPTER 1: ESTATES PASSING"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/33/title33sec157.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:39Z","sha256":"becd3e7cf8379af04e98cdab4a52fcb085f940c33deaadcbe56ce7a1772fd13c","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/33-m.r.s.-156","next":"us-me/33-m.r.s.-158"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}