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POWER OF APPOINTMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Authority given (in a will or deed) by a donor to a donee to appoint the beneficiaries of the donor's property
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("power of appointment" is a kind of...):
authorisation; authority; authorization; dominance; potency; say-so (the power or right to give orders or make decisions)