Appropriate

of preventing such constitutional violations.

1. To make a thing one’s own; to make a thing the subject of property; toexercise dominion over an object to the extent, and for the purpose, of making it subserve one’s own proper use or pleasure. ‘The term is properly used in this sense to denote the acquisition of property and a right of exclusive enjoyment in those things which before were without an owner or were publicé juris. 2. ‘Po prescribe a particular use for particular moneys; to designate or destine a fund or property for adistinet use, or for the payment of a particular demand. In its uso with reference to payments or moneys, there is room for a distinction between this term and “apply.” The former properly denotes the setting apart of afund or payment fora particular use or purpose, or the mental act of resolving that it shall be so employed, while “apply” signifies the priated. Practically, however, the words are used jnterchangeably. 3. Toappropriate is also used in the sense of to distribute; in this sense it may denote the act of an executor or administrator who distributes the estate of his decedent among the legatees, heirs, or others entitled, in pursuance of his duties and according to their respective rights.

! 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.