Apt

Fit; suitable; appropriate.

— Apt time. Apt time sometimes depends upon lapse of time ; as, where a thing is required to be done at the first term, or within a given time, it cannot be done afterwards. But the phrase more usually refers to the order of proceedings, as fit or suitable. Pugh v. York, 74 N. C. 383

— Apt words. Words proper to produce the legal effect for which they are intended ; sound technical phrases.