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Noun: power of appointment
  1. Authority given (in a will or deed) by a donor to a donee to appoint the beneficiaries of the donor's property

Derived forms: powers of appointment

Type of: authorisation [Brit], authority, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so

Encyclopedia: Power of appointment