Appropriate

! 1, V. (1) To take to one's self; to take as one's own — for one's self: 2 as, to appropriate running water; to appropriate the personalty of another is a conversion, an embezzlement, or larceny, qq. v. Whence appropriation, appropriator, appropriable. Compare Aoqtjire; Occupy. To appropriate another's goods against his will is to take them from him to one's self with or without violence.' See Conversion, 3. (3) To adopt as distinctively one's own: as, to appropriate a design or symbol for a trademark,* q. V. (3) To reserve for a distinct purpose; to destine to a particular end: as, to appropriate property to an exclusive use, or a fund to the discharge of special demand. A space is not appropriated to the use of passengers on board a vessel as long as one person is allowed an individual use of it.^ "Appropriated lands," in a pre-emption law: land applied to some' specific use or piu:pose by virtue of law.* In the expression " appropriate property of any individual to public uses," the term embraces every mode by which property may be applied to the use of the public. Whatever exists which public necessity demands may be thus appropriated.'

See further Domain, 1, Eminent.

A direction to an executor to " appropriate " funds is an implication that he is assumed to hold that which he is directed to appropriate." '* Appropriations " in a will means a designation to a particular exclusive use.* The " appropriation of public money " is the disposition of public moneys from the treasury by law; » — an authority from the legislatm-e, given at the proper time and in legal form, to the proper officers, to apply sums of mone.y out of that which may be in the treasury in a given year to specified objects or demands against the State.'" While, as referring to funds, "appropriate" and " apply " are often interchanged, " appropriate " may mean rather to decide that a certain fund shall be devoted to a specific purpose, and " apply " to make the expenditure in fact.

See further Application, 2.

1 L. appropriare, to make one's own — proprius. 'See 8 Oreg. l Oi; 9 id.

231. 3 [Waters v. United States, 4 Ct. CI. 393 (1868). <100U. S. 95; 101 id. 53. 'United States v. Nicholson, 8 Saw. 164 (1882); R. S. ^4253. « Mc ConneU v. Wilcox, 2 HI. 380, 359 (1837). ' Boston, SCO. B. Corporation v. Salem, &c. E. Company, 8 Gray, 35 (1854), Shaw, C. J. 8 Blake v. Dexter, 12 Cush. 668 (1853), Shaw, C. J.