A. As used in this section:\n'Residuary clause' does not include a residuary clause containing a blanket-exercise clause or a specific-exercise clause.\n'Will' includes a codicil and a testamentary instrument that revises another will.\nB. A residuary clause in a powerholder's will, or a comparable clause in the powerholder's revocable trust, manifests the powerholder's intent to exercise a power of appointment only if:\n1. The terms of the instrument containing the residuary clause do not manifest a contrary intent;\n2. The power is a general power exercisable in favor of the powerholder's estate;\n3. There is no gift-in-default clause or the clause is ineffective; and\n4. The powerholder did not release the power.\n2016, c. 266.
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