A "power of appointment" enables the beneficiary of a trust to decide to whom the trust's assets will pass. A "testamentary" power of appointment means that the power may be exercised in the beneficiary's Will and will be effective on the beneficiary's death. Powers of appointment may be "limited" so that the group of people to whom the trust assets may be given is restricted, or "general" so that the beneficiarymay give the trust assets to his or her estate, and thereby, to anyone named in his or her Will.