Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who directs the disposition of property by power that has been legally granted, as by a trust or deed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, one who has official or legal power of appointment. See
appoint , 5.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) The person who selects the appointee. See
appointee, 2
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law The person who selects the
appointee .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some twisted logic that the appointee must suffer for the unproved sins of the appointor.
Franken’s Lead Widens in Senate Recount - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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And I would ask you to not hang or lynch the appointee as you try to castigate the appointor.
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Proxies Shareholders who are unable to attend the AGM may appoint one or more proxies (who need not be a Shareholder) to exercise all or any of their rights to attend and to speak and vote at the AGM, provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares held by his appointor.
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Proxies Shareholders who are unable to attend the AGM may appoint one or more proxies (who need not be a Shareholder) to exercise all or any of their rights to attend and to speak and vote at the AGM, provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares held by his appointor.
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The implication of this is that the INEC chairman might have some sympathy for the PDP since both his appointor and majority of members of the ratifying body are PDP members.
unknown title 2009
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And I would ask you to not hang or lynch the appointee, as you try to castigate the appointor.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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There a similar power of appointment is considered as part of the general assets of the appointor.
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