Any act which would be effective as a conveyance inter vivos or as a mortgage or as a testamentary disposition of property when the land or thing other than land is in the possession of the conveyor, is effective as a conveyance of the conveyor's interest therein, when the land or thing other than land is out of the conveyor's possession whether adversely held or not.
U.S. Virgin Islands Legal Code
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U.S. Virgin Islands § 5 — U.S. Virgin Islands law