Nomination

An appointment: as, I nominate A B executor of this my last will. A proposal or naming. The word nominate is used in this sense in the constitution of the United States, art. 2, s. 2, § 2; the president “shall nominate, and by and with the consent of the senate shall appoint, ambassadors,’’ etc. In an agreement for reference, a provision that each party shall nominate a referee means not only naming him, but also the communication of the nomination to the other party. 17 L. J. Q. B. 2; 11 Q. B. 7. As to nominations under modern ballot laws, see Election. NOMINE P(ENi€ (Lat. in the nature of a penalty). In Civil Law. A condition annexed to heirship by the will of the deceased person. Domat, Civ. Law; Hallifax, Anal. At Common Law. A penalty fixed by covenant in a lease for non-performance of its conditions. 2 Lilly, Abr. 221. It is usually a gross sum of money, though it may be anything else, appointed to be paid by the tenant to the reversioner, if the duties are in arrear, in addition to the duties themselves. Hamm. N. P. 411. To entitle himself to the nomine pamce, the landlord must make a demand of the rent on the very day, as in the case of a reentry; 1 Saund. 287" b; 7 Co. 28 b; Co. Litt. 202 a. A distress cannot be taken for a nomine perme unless a special power to distrain be annexed to it by deed; 3 Bouvier, Inst. n. 2451. See Bac. Abr. Rent (K 4); Dane, Abr. Index.

An appointment or designation of a person to fill an office or discharge a duty. The act of suggesting or proposing a person by name as a candidate for an office.

— Nomination to a living. In English ecclesiastical law. The rights of nominating and of presenting to a living are distinct, and may reside in different persons. Presentation is the offering a clerk to the bishop. Nomination is the offering a clerk to the person who has the right of presentation. Brown.

An appointment or designation of a person to All an oflice or discharge a duty. Theact of suggesting or proposing & person by name asa candidate for aD office.

v. Presentation.

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.