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(1)A reservation of a legal estate shall operate at law without any execution of the conveyance by the grantee of the legal estate out of which the reservation is made, or any regrant by him, so as to create the legal estate reserved, by way of transmutation of possession, and so as to vest the same in possession in the person (whether being the grantor or not) for whose benefit the reservation is made.
(2)A conveyance of a legal estate, subject to another legal estate not in existence immediately before the date of the conveyance, shall operate in like manner as a reservation, so as to create the last-mentioned estate and to vest the same in possession in the person for whose benefit that estate is to be created.
(3)This section applies to leasehold land as well as to freehold land.
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