Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Illusory Appointment Act
An 1839 English statute providing that no appointment of property is to be declared invalid on grounds that it is illusory. ( This statute was repealed and reissued in 1925 as part of the Law of Property Act.
appointment
n. 1. the act of designating a person, such as a nonelected public official, for a job or duty <article 11 of the u.s. constitution grants the president the power of appointment for principal federal officials, subject to senatorial consent>.
appointments clause
the clause of the u.s. constitution giving the president the power to nominate federal judges and various other officials. u.s. const. art. il, ยง 2.
general power of appointment
A power of appointment by which the donee can appoint - that is, dispose of the donor's property - in favor of anyone the donee chooses.
illusory appointment
a nominal, unduly restrictive, or conditional transfer of property under a power of appointment.
limited power of appointment
A power of appointment by which the donee can appoint to only the person or class specified in the instrument creating the power. - Also termed special power of appointment.
object of the power of appointment
See permissible appointee under APPOINTEE.
pleasure appointment
The assignment of someone to employment that can be taken away at any time, with no requirement for notice or a hearing.
power of appointment
A power conferred on a donee by will or deed to select and nominate one or more recipients of the donor's estate or income. - Also termed enabling power.
power-of-appointment trust
See TRUST.
public appointment
an appointment to a public office. 2. an office occupied by someone who has been appointed <a high appointment in the federal government>. 3. the act of disposing of property, in exercise of a power granted for that purpose <the tenant's appointment of lands>. see power of appointment. - appoint, ub. -appointer (for senses 1 & 2), n. - appointor (for sense 3), n.
special power of appointment
See limited power of appointment under POWER OF APPOINTMENT.
testamentary power of appointment
A power of appointment created by a will.