{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/64.2-2711.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/64.2-2711.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/64.2-2711.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/64.2-2711.html"}],"law_id":376134,"edition_id":2,"section_id":376134,"structure_id":53491,"section_number":"64.2-2711","catch_line":"Rules of classification","history":"2016, c. 266.","full_text":"A\n\nAs used in this section, &#8220;adverse party&#8221; means a person with a substantial beneficial interest in property which would be affected adversely by a powerholder&#8217;s exercise or nonexercise of a power of appointment in favor of the powerholder, the powerholder&#8217;s estate, a creditor of the powerholder, or a creditor of the powerholder&#8217;s estate.\n\nB\n\nIf a powerholder may exercise a power of appointment only with the consent or joinder of an adverse party, the power is nongeneral.\n\nC\n\nOnly a power of appointment whose permissible appointees are defined and limited can be nonexclusionary.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1404424,"text":"As used in this section, &#8220;adverse party&#8221; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0266\">266<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":376132,"section_number":"64.2-2709","catch_line":"Presumption of unlimited authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2709\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1502985,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376134,"identifier":"64.2-2711","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/2\/64.2-2711","url":"\/64.2-2711\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2711\/","token":"64.2\/V\/27\/2\/64.2-2711","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rules of classification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2711","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> As used in this section, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">adverse party<\/span>&#8221; means a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> with a substantial beneficial interest in property which would be affected adversely by a <span class=\"dictionary\">powerholder<\/span>&#8217;s exercise or nonexercise of a <span class=\"dictionary\">power of appointment<\/span> in favor of the <span class=\"dictionary\">powerholder<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">powerholder<\/span>&#8217;s estate, a <span class=\"dictionary\">creditor<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">powerholder<\/span>, or a <span class=\"dictionary\">creditor<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">powerholder<\/span>&#8217;s estate. <a id=\"paragraph-1404424\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-2711\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If a <span class=\"dictionary\">powerholder<\/span> may exercise a <span class=\"dictionary\">power of appointment<\/span> only with the consent or joinder of an <span class=\"dictionary\">adverse party<\/span>, the power is nongeneral. <a id=\"paragraph-1404425\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-2711\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Only a <span class=\"dictionary\">power of appointment<\/span> whose <span class=\"dictionary\">permissible appointees<\/span> are defined and limited can be nonexclusionary. <a id=\"paragraph-1404426\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-2711\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRULES OF CLASSIFICATION (\u00a7 64.2-2711)\n\nA. As used in this section, &#8220;adverse party&#8221; means a person with a\nsubstantial beneficial interest in property which would be affected adversely by\na powerholder&#8217;s exercise or nonexercise of a power of appointment in favor\nof the powerholder, the powerholder&#8217;s estate, a creditor of the\npowerholder, or a creditor of the powerholder&#8217;s estate.\n\nB. If a powerholder may exercise a power of appointment only with the consent or\njoinder of an adverse party, the power is nongeneral.\n\nC. Only a power of appointment whose permissible appointees are defined and\nlimited can be nonexclusionary.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 266.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}