A deed purporting to convey an absolute estate in land cannot be defeated by an instrument intended as a defeasance, as against any other person than the maker, his heirs and devisees, unless such instrument is recorded in the registry where the deed is recorded. <div
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 33, § 202
Failure to record, effect of
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