appointor

American  

[uh-poin-ter, uh-poin-tawr, ap-oin-] / əˈpɔɪn tər, ə pɔɪnˈtɔr, ˌæp ɔɪn- /

noun

Law.

1. a person who exercises a power of appointment of property.

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appointor British  

/ əpɔɪnˈtɔː, əˈpɔɪntə /

noun

1. property law a person to whom a power to nominate persons to take property is given by deed or will See also power of appointment

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Etymology

Origin of appointor

First recorded in 1880–85; appoint + -or ²

Example Sentences

A general power is one which the appointor may exercise in favour of any person he pleases.

From Project Gutenberg

It was still necessary, however, that some share should be appointed to each object, and consequently it was possible in the popular phrase to be “cut off with a shilling,” but now by the Powers Amendment Act 1874 the appointor is no longer obliged to appoint a share to each object of the power.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus an appointor under a limited power cannot appoint to any person to whom the donor could not have appointed by reason of the rule against perpetuities, but this is not so in the case of a general power, for there the appointor is virtually owner of the property appointed.

From Project Gutenberg