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Definition of Power of appointment
1. Noun. Authority given (in a will or deed) by a donor to a donee to appoint the beneficiaries of the donor's property.
Definition of Power of appointment
1. Noun. (legal) In the law of wills, the ability of a testator to select a person who will be given the authority to dispose of certain property under the will. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Power Of Appointment
Literary usage of Power of appointment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Wills <g=75—Will held an exercise of a power of appointment. Where the will of
testatrix gave her husband power of appointment by will over one- half of the ..."
2. Annual Report by United States Civil Service Commission (1898)
"(b) CONSTITUTIONALITY OF CIVIL-SERVICE ACT—REGULATION OF THE power of appointment,
ETC. The twelfth section of the act of January 16, 1883, to regulate the ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"H—Interest as to which decedent had power of appointment not taxable unless it
fulfills conjunctive conditions of statute. Under Revenue Act 1916, { 202, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1833)
"The execution of a• power of appointment operates as a limitation of a use, ...
power of appointment does not prevent the fee vesting, subject to be ..."
5. Comparative Administrative Law: An Analysis of the Administrative Systems by Frank Johnson Goodnow (1893)
"power of appointment.—While the political powers of the governor have increased
... First among these is the power of appointment. This power was originally ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hyde East, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"By those articles a power of appointment unto and among all or any of the children
of the marriage, with or without a power of revocation, was given to the ..."
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