Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 204 - General Provisions Relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases, Compromises, etc., by Executors, Etc.
Section 29 - Effect and Scope of Release

Section 29. A release executed by the donee of a power releasable according to section twenty-seven, or under common law, and delivered or filed in accordance with the first sentence of section twenty-eight, shall, subject to the second sentence of section twenty-eight, be effective to release the power to the extent in such release provided, whether it in substance provides for the release of all right of the donee to exercise the power, or for the release of all right of the donee to exercise the power otherwise than in respect of a part, therein defined, of the property subject to the power, or for the release of all right of the donee to exercise the power otherwise than to or for the benefit of, in trust for, or in favor of a person or persons or class or classes of persons, therein specified, or an object or objects or class or classes of objects, therein defined.

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Massachusetts General Laws

Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations

Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts

Chapter 204 - General Provisions Relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases, Compromises, etc., by Executors, Etc.

Section 1 - Specific Performance of Decedent's Land Contracts

Section 2 - Consent of a Deceased Person; Power of Court to Decree Conveyance

Section 4 - Vested or Contingent Interests; Power of Fiduciaries to Release

Section 5 - Cemetery Lots; Sale or Release

Section 6 - Mortgage Given Under License of Court; Contents

Section 7 - Petitions for Sales by Foreign Fiduciaries; Venue

Section 8 - License to Sell; Duration

Section 9 - Proceeds of Sales; Surplus; Disposition

Section 10 - Grant of License; Objections; Costs

Section 11 - Persons Licensed to Sell Realty; Examination

Section 12 - Church, etc., Property; Sale or Transfer

Section 19 - Irregularities in Proceedings; Effect

Section 20 - Adverse Claims to Title

Section 21 - Debts; Adjudication; Finality

Section 22 - Realty Sold by Fiduciaries; Limitation of Action or Entry

Section 23 - Void Acts of Fiduciaries; Confirmation or Setting Aside

Section 24 - Doubtful Acts or Proceedings of Fiduciaries or Court; Ratification

Section 25 - Irregularly Appointed Fiduciary; Liability to Account

Section 26 - Notice of Sale; Failure of Proof; Remedy

Section 27 - Release; Powers

Section 28 - Method of Release

Section 29 - Effect and Scope of Release

Section 30 - Exercise of Power by Several Persons; Release by One; Effect

Section 31 - Release; Definition

Section 32 - Restraint of Alienation or Anticipation Provisions

Section 33 - Construction

Section 35 - Release or Disclaimer; Construction

Section 36 - Severability