Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment.
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The constitution adopted at Oakmulgee provides for […] the machinery of government in which the governor and legislature are elective by the people. The judges are appointive by the governor […]
It will be kind of nice, a year before your time, to be standing in the way of any appointive plums that may happen to fall; […]
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‘It was an appointive job at one time but may not be now. […] Well, whatever the method is, appointive or elective, I have my dough on Gerald. He’s the logical choice.’
Adjective
relating to the act of appointing
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appointive powers
subject to appointment
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