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DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY 1000-1422›TITLE 4. TRANSFER 1039-1231›CHAPTER 2. Transfer of Real Property 1091-1134›ARTICLE 2. Effect of Transfer 1104-1134

§ 1108

California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A grant made by the owner of an estate for life or years, purporting to transfer a greater estate than he could lawfully transfer, does not work a forfeiture of his estate, but passes to the grantee all the estate which the grantor could lawfully transfer.

(Enacted 1872.)

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