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APPOINT [6 records]

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Record 1 2017-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
OBS

appoint; appt: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

PHR

To appoint a new representative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
OBS

nommer; nom : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
  • Parliamentary Language
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

To name officially.

OBS

To a charge.

OBS

For example, a member.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

À une charge.

OBS

Par exemple, un membre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
  • Lenguaje parlamentario
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 3 2002-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

... I hereby appoint the... day of... 19.. at my Chambers in the Court House... as the time and place for the purpose of examining, auditing and passing the accounts.... (Hull & Cullity, Macdonell, Sheard and Hull on Probate Practice, 3rd ed., 1981, p. 561 - Prescribed Forms - Form 53)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

fixer : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

To designate a person for a purpose, such as holding office. (Ballentine's, 3rd ed., 1969, p. 84)

DEF

To designate, ordain, prescribe, constitute or nominate. (Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 91)

CONT

An executor is the person appointed by the testator to execute the will. "To appoint an executor", says Swinburne, "is to place one in the stead of the testator ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

Le verbe «nommer» n'est pas normalisé et est donné à titre indicatif.

Spanish

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Record 6 1990-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Committees and Boards (Admin.)
DEF

To name or select officially for an office, position, etc. (to appoint a chairman).

CONT

Appoint a committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comités et commissions (Admin.)
DEF

Désigner les personnes qui seront membres d'un comité.

Spanish

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