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recess appointment
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recess
appointment
(
plural
recess appointments
)
(
US
,
law
)
The appointment by the
President
of the
United States
of a person to an
office
that normally requires
approval
of the United States
Senate
, but who is appointed without such approval because the Senate is in recess.