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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 33, § 152 (2026)

Contingent estates

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When a contingent remainder, executory devise or estate in expectancy is so limited to a person that it will, in case of his death before the happening of such contingency, descend in fee simple to his heirs, he may before it happens convey or devise it subject to the contingency.  
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1978–1998 · leading case: Ziehl Ex Rel. Ziehl v. Maine Nat'l Bank, 383 A.2d 1364 (Me. 1978).
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Ziehl Ex Rel. Ziehl v. Maine Nat'l Bank, 383 A.2d 1364 (Me. 1978). “Regardless of whether plaintiff could alienate or convey such estate (see 33 M.R.S.A. § 152), an adjudication that plaintiff owns the estate would give her legitimate interest to monitor the trustee’s discharge of duties to preserve the trust corpus for ultimate transmission to…”
Irving Oil Corp. v. Maine Aviation Corp., 1998 ME 16 (Me. 1998). “At a minimum, they contend that their tenancy is at will and that the District Court erred in evicting them because Irving failed to proceed in compliance with 14 M.R.S.A. § 6002. Because of the absence of any written sublease between MAC and defendants, they can claim no estate…”
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