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Law

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prerogative In law, a prerogative is an exclusive right bestowed by a government or State (polity), state and invested in an individual or group, the content of which is separate from the body of rights enjoyed under the general law. It was a common facet of ...
power of a government official or executive to select persons to fill an honorary position or employment in the government (political appointments, poets laureate) *
Power of appointment A power of appointment is a term most frequently used in the law of wills to describe the ability of the testator (the person writing the will) to select a person who will be given the authority to dispose of certain property under the will. Alt ...
, the legal ability of a testator to select another person to dispose of the testator's property *
Recess appointment In the United States, a recess appointment is an appointment by the President of the United States, president of a Officer of the United States, federal official when the United States Senate, U.S. Senate is in Recess (motion), recess. Under the ...
, a method of filling vacancies under U.S. federal law *Appointment, a form of Royal Warrant *
List of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation This is a list of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation. Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution and law of the United States, certain Federal government of the United States, federal posit ...
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Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to a public office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. A collection of nominees narrowed from the full list of candidates is a short list. Political office In ...
* Judicial appointments in Canada, made by the federal government or provincial government. Superior and federal court judges are appointed by federal government, while inferior courts are appointed by the provincial government *
Warrant of Appointment A warrant of appointment is the official document presented by the president of Ireland to persons upon appointment to certain high offices of state, signed by the president and bearing the official seal of the president. Warrants are presented t ...
, an official document presented by the President of Ireland to persons upon appointment to certain offices


Religion

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Papal appointment Papal appointment was a medieval method of selecting the Pope. Popes have always been selected by a council of Church fathers; however, Papal selection before 1059 was often characterized by confirmation or nomination by secular European rulers ...
, the oldest method for the selection of the pope *
Appointment of Catholic bishops The appointment of bishops in the Catholic Church is a complicated process. Outgoing bishops, neighbouring bishops, the faithful, the apostolic nuncio, various members of the Roman Curia, and the pope all have a role in the selection. The exact p ...
, in the Catholic Church is a complicated process *
Appointment of Church of England bishops The appointment of Church of England diocesan bishops follows a detailed process, reflecting the church's traditional tendency towards compromise and complex solutions, traditional ambiguity between hierarchy and democracy, and traditional role ...
, the selection and installation process of bishops in the Church of England *
Letter of appointment (Mormonism) The "letter of appointment" is a controversial three-page document used by James J. Strang and his adherents to prove that he was the designated successor to Joseph Smith as the prophet, seer, and revelator, prophet and president of the Church, p ...
, in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints history


Others

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Appointment to the Order of Canada Appointment to the Order of Canada is the process by which citizens of Canada or certain foreign persons are inducted into the Order of Canada, the second-highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours. Any living Canadian or foreig ...
, the process by which Canadians citizens or certain foreign persons are inducted into the Order of Canada, an act that is Canada's second highest civilian honour within the country's system of honours *
Court appointment Court appointments are the traditional positions within a monarchy, royal, ducal, or Noble court, noble household. In the early Middle Ages, when such households were established, most court officials had either domestic or military duties; the mo ...
, one of the traditional positions within a royal, ducal, or noble household * ''The Appointment'' (film), a 1969 psychological drama * ''The Appointment'' (novel), a 1997 German novel by Herta Müller * ''The Appointment'' (Picasso), a 1900 pastel on paper by Pablo Picasso *Appointment, a means of funding
postdoctoral research A postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral researcher, or simply postdoc, is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD). Postdocs most commonly, but not always, have a temporary acade ...
*A time designated for a meeting with a professional on a
schedule A schedule (, ) or a timetable, as a basic time-management tool, consists of a list of times at which possible tasks, events, or actions are intended to take place, or of a sequence of events in the chronological order in which such thing ...
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