A power is an authority to do some act in relation to lands or the creation of estates therein or of charges thereon which the owner granting or reserving such power might himself lawfully perform.
D.C. Code § 42-1001
“Power” defined
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1353, ch. 854, § 1037
Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.