§ 260. Lands adversely held may be conveyed or mortgaged. No grant, conveyance or mortgage of real property or interest therein shall be void for the reason that at the time of the delivery thereof such real property is in the actual possession of a person claiming under a title adverse to that of the grantor.

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Terms Used In N.Y. Real Property Law 260

  • conveyance: as used in this article , includes every instrument, in writing, except a will, by which any estate or interest in real property is created, transferred, assigned or surrendered. See N.Y. Real Property Law 240
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.