Section 267. Conveyances with power to revoke, determine or alter  


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      conveyance of, or charge on, an estate or  interest  in  real  property,
      containing  a  provision for the revocation, determination or alteration
      of the estate or interest, or any part  thereof,  at  the  will  of  the
      grantor,  is  void,  as against subsequent purchasers and incumbrancers,
      from the grantor,  for  a  valuable  consideration,  of  any  estate  or
      interest so liable to be revoked or determined, although the same be not
      expressly  revoked,  determined  or altered by the grantor, by virtue of
      the power reserved or expressed in the prior conveyance or charge. Where
      a power to revoke a conveyance of real property or the rents and profits
      thereof, and to reconvey the same, is given to any  person,  other  than
      the  grantor  in such conveyance, and such person thereafter conveys the
      same real property, rents or profits to a purchaser or incumbrancer  for
      a  valuable  consideration,  such subsequent conveyance is valid, in the
      same manner and to the same extent as if the power  of  revocation  were
      recited  therein,  and  the  intent  to  revoke  the  former  conveyance
      expressly declared. If a conveyance  to  a  purchaser  or  incumbrancer,
      under  this  section, be made before the person making it is entitled to
      execute his power of revocation, it is nevertheless valid, from the time
      the power of revocation actually vests  in  such  person,  in  the  same
      manner, and to the same extent, as if then made.