Appointment

Appointment may refer to:

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Law

The prerogative 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, the legal ability of a testator to select another person to dispose of the testator's property
Recess appointment, 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
- Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States
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

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

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
Appointment, a means of funding postdoctoral research
A time designated for a meeting with a professional on a schedule