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Section 42-1018 - Power to be executed by devise, will, or grant, as directed

Power to be executed by devise, will, or grant, as directed

Where a power to dispose of lands is confined to a disposition by devise or will, the instrument of execution must be a will duly executed; and where a power is confined to a disposition by grant it cannot be executed by will, although the disposition is not intended to take effect until after the death of the party executing the power.

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(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1354, ch. 854, § 1054.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 45-118.
1973 Ed., § 45-1018.

Current through September 13, 2012