ap·point /ə-'pȯint/ vt
1: to name officially to a position
appoint ed to the agency's top post
appoint ed conservator of the estate
2: to determine the distribution of (property) by exercising the authority granted by a power of appointment
a general power to appoint the corpus of a trust — W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al.
vi: to exercise a power of appointment see also power of appointment
ap·point·ive /ə-'pȯin-tiv/ adj
ap·point·ment n
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.