allot
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 3024 — in this section
the term "allot" means allot under this subsection from a sum appropriated under section 3023(a) or 3023(b)(1) of this title, as the case may be; and
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
To set apart as a share; to apportion.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
To apportion, distribute; to divide property previously held in common among those entitled, assigning to each his ratable portion, to be held in severalty; to: set apart specific property, a share of a fund,. ete., toa distinct party. In the law of corporations, to allot shares, debentures, ete., is to appropriate them to the applicants or persons who have applied for them; this is generally done by sending to each applicant a letter of allotment, informing him that a certain number of shares have been allotted to him. Sweet.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
1. To set apart a thing to a person as his share: as, to allot a fund, land. Whence allottee, allotment. As usually understood, to set apart a por^' tion of a particulai- thing or things to some person: as, to allot to a widow a portion of her husband's estate.' 2. To assign, appoint: as, to allot the justices of the Supreme (3ourt to circuits.