Adjust
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To put in order; to determine an amount due.
See State v. Staub, 61 Conn. 553, 23 Atl. 924; State v. Moore, 40 Neb. 854, 59 N. W. 755, 25 L. R. A. 774.
Accounts are adjusted when they are settled and a balance struck; Townes v. Birchett, 12 Leigh (Va.) 173, 201. It is sometimes used in the sense of pay; see Lynch v. Nugent, SO la.
422, 46 N. W. 61.