A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years purporting to grant a greater estate than he possesses or can lawfully convey does not work a forfeiture of his estate, but passes to the grantee all the estate which such tenant can lawfully convey.
Purported conveyance of greater estate by tenant for life or years
28 V.I.C. § 4 — under Estates in Property Generally.
28 V.I.C. § 4