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appointment definition - legal

n

  1. The appointment, designation, or placement of an individual in a job, office, or position, or to perform a duty.
  2. A job, office, position, or duty to which one has been appointed.
  3. The act of designating who will receive property pursuant to a power of appointment. See also power of appointment.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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