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ap·point /ə-'pȯint/ vt1: to name officially to a positionappoint ed to the agency's top postappoint ed conservator of the estate2: to determine the distribution of (property) by exercising the authority granted by a power of appointmenta general power to appoint the corpus of a trust — W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al.vi: to exercise a power of appointment see also power of appointmentap·point·ive /ə-'pȯin-tiv/ adjap·point·ment n
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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approve, assign, authorize, charge, charter, choose, commission, confirm, constituere, creare, create, delegate, depute, designate, destinare, dicere, direct, employ, empower, engage, enlist, entrust, establish, facere, give a mandate, license, name, pick, pick out, proclaim, require, sanction, select
associated concepts: appoint to fill a vacancy, appoint under a will, appointing officer, appointing power, appointive office, public officers
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allocate, allot, assign (designate), authorize, bestow, charge (empower), choose, clothe, delegate, designate, detail (assign), dispense, employ (engage services), empower, engage (hire), entrust, furnish, hire, induct, instate, invest (vest), nominate, parcel, provide (arrange for), select
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.To select, choose, or designate; to assign someone a job.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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To designate, select, or assign authority to a position or an office.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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To designate, select, or assign authority to a position or an office.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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appoint — [ apwɛ̃ ] n. m. • 1398; de 1. appointer 1 ♦ Complément d une somme en petite monnaie. FAIRE L APPOINT : ajouter le complément en petite monnaie, et par ext. régler exactement la somme due, de sorte que le créancier n ait aucune monnaie à rendre… … Encyclopédie Universelle
appoint — ap‧point [əˈpɔɪnt] verb [transitive] 1. to choose someone for a job or position: • The company appointed a new chairman last week. appoint somebody to do something • It can appoint a foreign company to manufacture its product under licence.… … Financial and business terms
Appoint — Ap*point ([a^]p*point ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appointing}.] [OE. appointen, apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F. appointer to give a salary, refer a cause, fr. LL. appunctare to bring back to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
appoint — APPOINT. s. m. La monnoie qui se donne pour achever une somme qu on ne sauroit parfaire avec les principales espèces employées au paiement. Pour faire mille francs en écus, il faut trois cent trente trois écus, et un appoint de vingt sous. On dit … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
appoint — [ə point′] vt. [ME apointen < OFr apointer, to arrange, make ready < ML appunctuare < L ad, to + punctum, POINT] 1. to set (a date, place, etc.); decide upon officially; decree [to appoint a time for a meeting] 2. to name or select… … English World dictionary
Appoint — (franz., spr. pŭäng; ital. Appunto), zur Vollzahlung eines Geldbetrags dienende Scheidemünzen. Insbesondere heißt A. ein Wechsel, durch den in Verbindung mit einem oder mehreren andern eine Forderung vollkommen ausgeglichen wird. Erhält z. B. A… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Appoint — (frz., spr. pŏäng), ital. Appunto, ein Wechsel, der eine Schuld ausgleicht oder eine bestimmte Summe voll macht (Ausgleichungs , Abschlußwechsel; daher par appoint oder per appunto remittieren oder trassieren, den Rest einer Forderung durch… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
appoint — [v1] assign responsibility; decide accredit, allot, assign, choose, command, commission, decree, delegate, designate, determine, direct, elect, enjoin, establish, finger, fix, install, name, nominate, ordain, select, set, settle, tap; concepts 41 … New thesaurus
Appoint — Ap*point ([a^]p*point ), v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange. [1913 Webster] For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel. 2 Sam. xvii. 14. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Appoint — (fr. [spr. Appoäng], ital. Appunto), auf den Punkt, genau; 1) ein Wechsel, wenn durch denselben eine Schuld genau ausgeglichen wird; dann auch, wenn er als ergänzender od. einzelner Theil einer größeren Summe angesehen wird; so sagt man z.B. 2) A … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon