Appointment may refer to:

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 A royal warrant is a document issued by a monarch which confers rights or privileges on the recipient, or has the effect of law. Royal warrant may refer to: * Royal warrant of appointment, warrant to tradespeople who supply goods or services to a r ...

* List of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation **

Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States The nomination and confirmation of justices to the Supreme Court of the United States involves several steps, the framework for which is set forth in the United States Constitution. Specifically, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, provides that t ...

* 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

Religion

* Papal appointment, the oldest method for the selection of the pope *

Appointment of Catholic bishops The appointment of bishops in the Catholic Church is a complicated process. Outgoing bishops, neighbouring bishops, the faithful, the apostolic nuncio, various members of the Roman Curia, and the pope all have a role in the selection. The exact ...

, in the Catholic Church is a complicated process * Appointment of Church of England bishops, follows a somewhat convoluted process, reflecting the church's traditional tendency towards compromise and ''ad hoc'' solutions, traditional ambiguity between hierarchy and democracy, and traditional role as a semi-autonomous state church. (Suffragan bishops are appointed through a much simpler process, reflecting their status as directly responsible to their diocesan bishop.) * Letter of appointment, in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints history

Others

* 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 *'' The Appointment'', a 1969 psychological drama * ''The Appointment'' (novel), published in German in 1997 and in English in 2001 *Appointment, a means of funding postdoctoral research *A time designated for a meeting with a professional on a

schedule A schedule or a timetable, as a basic time-management tool, consists of a list of times at which possible tasks, events, or actions are intended to take place, or of a sequence of events in the chronological order in which such things are i ...

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