We  may  here  observe,  that  where  several  modes  of
executing  a  power  are  stated,  the  donee  may,  in  the  ab-
sence of  a  direction  to  the  contrary,  execute  it  in
which  of  the  ways  he  pleased  Thus,  where  a  power
was,  that  the  wife  might  make  a  will  in  the  presence  of
the  husband,  unless  he  refused,  or  in  the  presence  of
J.  S.,  or  two  such  persons  as  she  should  appoint,  it  was
determined  to  be  in  the  wife's  election  to  execute  in
^hich  of  the  three  ways  she  chose  {k).     And  yet  cer-

(A)  N07  79;   fee  iJonei   134;     (t)  Palm.  431.
P^lm.  429;  ^  Roll  Rep.  293.        [k)  Harris  t^.  Bessie,  1  Ktb.  348.
tainly


193  OP  THE  COMPLIANCE  WitH   CONDITIOK^.
tainly  ihe  power  seems  to  have  implied^  that  the  wife
should  not  execute  in  the  presence  of  J.  S.,  ot  the  other
persons,  unless  her  husband  refused  to  permit  her  to
execute  in  his  preseice.
