fatigue duty,
fatigue labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
decision,
determination,
conclusion the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
nomination the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor"
co-optation,
co-option the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent)
jurisprudence,
law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
apanage,
appanage a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"