court appointment
Bench seat selection
A court appointment is a position filled by judicial assignment rather than election or hiring.
Most commonly, it refers to a lawyer assigned by a court to represent someone who cannot afford counsel: She took several court appointments to build trial experience.
It may also refer to judges or officials appointed through the court system rather than elected.
- judgeOne who decides
- nominationFormal candidate selection
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- confirmation voteApproval of an appointee
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
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- HonoursVictoria Cross, Order of the Garter, knighthood, damehood, OBE
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