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Allotment System

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A system In force in England, by which the borough sanitary authorities are required to obtain, by condemnation, if necessary, lots of what is necessary to protect the public from loss.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Designates the practice of dividing land in small portions for cultivation by agricultural laborers and other cottagers at their leisure, and after they have performed their ordinary day's work. Wharton.

Defined under Allotment in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Designates the practice of dividing land in small portions for cultivation by agricultural laborers and other cottagers at their leisure, and after they have performed their ordinary day’s work. Wharton.