Noun
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.
Bolton was put into the position via a recess appointment because of the strong opposition in the Senate. Source: Internet
The second Chief Justice for a term of four years, was Oliver Ellsworth (Connecticut), a delegate in the Constitutional Convention, as was John Rutledge (South Carolina), Washington's recess appointment as Chief Justice who served in 1795. Source: Internet