The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 27 : Property
Chapter 001 : Estates in Real Property
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 3)-
§ 3. Effect of overgrant
A conveyance by a tenant for life or years, purporting to grant a greater estate than he or she possessed or could lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture of his or her estate, but shall pass to the grantee the estate which such tenant could lawfully convey.
