Nomination
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
This word has several significations; 1, an appointment; as, I nominate A B, executor of this my last will.
2.
A proposition; the word nominate is used in this sense in the constitution of the United States, art.
2, s.
2, the president, “shall nominate, and by and with the consent of the senate, shall appoint ambassadors,” &c.