Relative Powers
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Those which relate to land. So called to distinguish them from those which are collateral to it. These powers are appendant; as, where a tenant for life has a power of makmg leases in possession. They are in gross when a person has an estate in the land, with a power of appointment, the execution of which falls out of the compass of his pointee out of an interest appointed in the appointor. 2 Bouv. Inst, note 1930.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Those which relate to land; so called to distinguish them from those which are collateral to it. These powers are appendant: as, where a tenant for life has a power of making leases in possession. They are in gross when a person has an estate in the land, with a power of appointment, the execution of which falls out of the compass of his estate, but notwithstanding, is annexed in privity to it, and takes effect in the appointee out of an interest appointed in the appointer. 2 Bouvier, Inst. n. 1930.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Those which relate to land; so called to distinguish them from those which are collateral to it.
Defined under Relative in Black's Law Dictionary.