appointive

[ uh-poin-tiv ]

/ əˈpɔɪn tɪv /

pertaining to or filled by appointment: an appointive office.

having the ability or authority to appoint: appointive powers.

Origin of appointive

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; appoint + -ive

non·ap·poin·tive, adjective

Paterson—the father of recent Governor David Paterson—was a high-octane lawyer who held a number of appointive positions.

Bill Lynch, the Culminator |Michael Tomasky |August 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Even the men in the appointive offices did not venture to say he had much force.

Lifted Masks |Susan Glaspell
Appointive positions, also, which women might legally hold are practically withheld from them because of their lack of the ballot.

The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV |Various
This means that his office was appointive, and that he was a tithe-squeezer or tax-farmer.

The Jacket (The Star-Rover) |Jack London

Do you think the appointive power of the governor ought to be enlarged?

Government in the United States |James Wilford Garner
The position made him head of police force with appointive powers.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 |Various

appointive

/ (əˈpɔɪntɪv) /

mainly US relating to or filled by appointment an appointive position