Appointment may refer to:

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 A royal warrant is a document issued by a monarch which confers rights or privileges on the recipient, or has the effect of law. Royal warrant may refer to: * Royal warrant of appointment, warrant to tradespeople who supply goods or services to a r ...

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 ...

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, an official document presented by the President of Ireland to persons upon appointment to certain offices

Religion

*Papal appointment, the oldest method for the selection of the pope *Appointment of Catholic bishops, in the Catholic Church is a complicated process *Appointment of Church of England bishops, the selection and installation process of bishops in the Church of England *Letter of appointment (Mormonism), in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints history

Others

*Appointment to the Order of Canada, 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, one of the traditional positions within a royal, ducal, or noble household *The Appointment (film), ''The Appointment'' (film), a 1969 psychological drama *The Appointment (novel), ''The Appointment'' (novel), a 1997 German novel by Herta Müller *The Appointment (Picasso), ''The Appointment'' (Picasso), a 1900 pastel on paper by Pablo Picasso *Appointment, a means of funding postdoctoral research *A time designated for a meeting with a professional on a schedule {{disambiguation