New Hampshire Statutes
§ 566:5 — Definition of Release
New Hampshire § 566:5
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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 566:5 (2026).
Text
The word "release," as used in RSA 566:1-4, shall include (1) an instrument wherein the person who executes it in substance states that he wholly releases, or agrees in no respect to exercise or participate in the exercise of, a power of appointment, and (2) an instrument wherein the person who executes it in substance states that he releases all right to exercise or participate in the exercise of a power of appointment otherwise than within limits therein defined or agrees not to exercise or participate in the exercise of a power of appointment otherwise than within limits therein defined.
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Legislative History
1947, 248:1, par. 5. RL 364-A:5.
Nearby Sections
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§ 566:1
Definitions§ 566:1-a
Special Power of Appointment§ 566:2
Release§ 566:3
Effect§ 566:4
Two or More Donees§ 566:5
Definition of Release§ 566:6
Limitation§ 566:7
Construction§ 566:8
Donee May Disclaim§ 566:9
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Bluebook (online)
New Hampshire § 566:5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nh/566%3A5.