{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-1001","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-1001","heading":"“Power” defined.","body":"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.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 10. Powers Relating to Realty."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-1001","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4af0655142172cb900d3cde39d9290cc0ee2bbe5cf4d870b9421debe7e66b95a","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-903","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-1002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}