Appropriate

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.