Allotment Note
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. An assignipent by a seaman of future wages. Such assignments are regulated by law as to form and amount, and as to the persons to whom they may be made. Mozley & W.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
"A writing by a seaman, whereby he makes an assignment of part of his wages in favor of his wife, father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, brother or sister. Every allotment note must be in a form sanctioned by the Board of Trade. The allottee, that is the person in whose favor it is made, may recover the amount before justices of the peace." Moz. & Wh.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. A writing by a seaman, whereby he makes an assignment of part of his wages in favor of his wife, father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, brother or sister. Every allotment note must be in a form sanctioned by the board of trade. The allottee, that is, the person in whose favor it is made, may recover the amount in the county court. Mozley & Whitley.
Defined under Allotment in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A writing by @ seaman, whereby he makes an assignment of part of his wages in favor of his wife, father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, brother or sister. Every allotment note must. bein a form sanctioned by the board of trade, The allottee, that is, the person in whose favor it is made, may recover the amount in the county court. Mozley & Whitley.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
An assignment wages to a near relative.