(a)  As to any exercise of a power of appointment in favor of the slayer in the will of the decedent, the slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent and the appointment to have lapsed.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 33-1.1-10

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Decedent: means any person whose life is taken by a slayer;

    (2)  "Property" shall include any real and personal property and any right or interest therein;

    (3)  "Slayer" means any person who wilfully and unlawfully takes or procures to be taken the life of another. See Rhode Island General Laws 33-1.1-1

  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Property: shall include any real and personal property and any right or interest therein;

    (3)  "Slayer" means any person who wilfully and unlawfully takes or procures to be taken the life of another. See Rhode Island General Laws 33-1.1-1

  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

(b)  Property held either presently or in remainder by the slayer subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of revocation or a general power of appointment shall pass to the estate of the decedent; and property so held by the slayer subject to be divested by the exercise by the decedent of a power of appointment to a particular person or persons, or to a class of persons, shall pass to such person or persons, or class of persons in equal shares to the members of such class of persons, exclusive of the slayer.

History of Section.
P.L. 1962, ch. 62, § 1.