No power can be executed except by some instrument in writing, which would be sufficient in law to pass the estate or interest intended to pass under the power if the person executing the power were the actual owner.

History

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1354, ch. 854, § 1053

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 45-1017.

1981 Ed., § 45-117.