Power Of Appointment Definition

powers-of-appointment
noun
The authority granted to a person by deed or will to dispose of the grantor's property.
Webster's New World
A donee’s power, once authorized by the donor, to name the beneficiaries of the donor’s property or income. The donee may not select anyone other than him- or herself. The donor may create this power by deed or by will, and it may be vested in any adult individual, or the donor may reserve the power for his or her self.
Webster's New World Law

Other Word Forms of Power Of Appointment

Noun

Singular:
power of appointment
Plural:
powers-of-appointment

Power Of Appointment Sentence Examples

  • An act of the New Jersey legislature in 1895 created the office of township president, with power of appointment and veto.

  • In many cities he appoints some or all of the heads of the administrative departments, usually with the approval of the council, but in some important cities the mayor has an absolute power of appointment.

  • His power of appointment is unusually extensive and the advice and consent of the council (instead of that of the Senate as in other states) are required for his appointments.

  • Even then the efforts of the Republican mayor were at first thwarted by the council, which passed an ordinance over his veto, taking from him the power of appointment and vesting it in themselves; the Maryland court of appeals, however, soon decided that the council had exceeded its powers, and an important outcome of the reform movement was the new charter of 1898.

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