NOUN
- authority given (in a will or deed) by a donor to a donee to appoint the beneficiaries of the donor's property
How To Use power of appointment In A Sentence
- The surviving spouse must have a power of appointment to appoint the property to the survivor's own self or estate.
- There a similar power of appointment is considered as part of the general assets of the appointor. Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of exchequer, from Easter term 32 George III. to [Trinity term 37 George III.] ... both inclusive. [1792-1797]
