Naked power
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
One which is simply collateral and without interest in the donee, which arises when, to a mere stranger, authority is given of disposing of an interest, in which he had not before, nor has by the instrument creating the power, any estate whatsoever.
Bergen v. Bennett, 1 Caines Cas. (N. Yil 15, 2 Am. Dec. 281; Atwater v. Perkins, 51 Conn. 198; Clark v. Homthal, 47-Miss. 534; Hunt v. Ennis, 12 Fed. Cas. 915.