64.1-50 - When execution of appointment by will valid. - Virginia Statutes

§ 64.1-50. When execution of appointment by will valid.

No appointment made by will, in exercise of any power, shall be valid unlessthe same be so executed that it would be valid for the disposition of theproperty to which the power applies, if it belonged to the testator; andevery will so executed shall be a valid execution of a power of appointmentby will, notwithstanding the instrument creating the power expressly requirethat a will made in execution of such power shall be executed with someadditional or other form of execution or solemnity.

(Code 1950, § 64-52; 1968, c. 656.)