In a conveyance or reservation of real estate the terms ''heirs'', ''assigns'' or other technical words of inheritance shall not be necessary to convey or reserve an estate in fee. A deed or reservation of real estate shall be construed to convey or reserve an estate in fee simple, unless a different intention clearly appears in the deed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, § 13
Words of inheritance
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