A conveyance made by a tenant for life or for years, purporting to grant a greater estate than he or she possesses or can lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture of his or her estate, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which the tenant can lawfully convey.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-3
Purported grant of estate greater than owned by grantor
G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 433, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-3.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.