Illusory Appointment Act
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
St. Wm. IV. c. 46, providing that no appointment shall be impeached in equity on the ground that it is unsubstantial, illusory, or nominal.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The statute 1 Wm. IV. c. 46. This statute enacts that no appointment made after its passing, (July 16, 1830,) in exercise of a power to appoint property, real or personal, among several objects, shall be invalid, or impeached in equity, on the ground that an unsubstantial, illusory, or nominal share only was thereby appointed, or left unappointed, to devolve upon any one or more of the objects of such power; but that the appointment shall be valid in equity, as at law. See, also, 37 & 38 Vict. c. 37. Wharton.