{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-1018","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-1018","heading":"Power to be executed by devise, will, or grant, as directed.","body":"Where a power to dispose of lands is confined to a disposition by devise or will, the instrument of execution must be a will duly executed; and where a power is confined to a disposition by grant it cannot be executed by will, although the disposition is not intended to take effect until after the death of the party executing the power.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 10. Powers Relating to Realty."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-1018","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"ff77314fa240a2b49df80193375bfd9183b0a11a246ac0dd3f5bb586972d21a2","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-1017","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-1019"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}