Allot
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
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.