Allowance

A definite sum or quantity set apart or granted. The share or portion given to a married woman, child, trustee, etc.

Smith v. Smith, 45 Ala. 264.

It is said to include what is awarded to a trustee for expenses, etc., in addition to his fees; Downing v. Marshall, 37 N. Y. 380; or a perquisite to an officer in addition to his salary, as for room, fire or light; 14 Q. B. D. 735; 23 id.

66, 531.

The term is ordinarily only another name for a gift or gratuity to a child or other dependent; Taylor v. Staples, 8 R. I. 170, 5 Am. Rep. 556. The term is not properly used to express contractual relation or regular compensation, but applies rather to the case of voluntary action in favor of dependents, servants or the poor; Mangam v. City of Brooklyn, 98 N. Y. 585, 50 Am. Rep. 705, where the meaning of the word is discussed critically and at length. It has been used in a judge's certificate as the equivalent of settlement; Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co. v. Cone, 37 Kan. 567, 15 Pac. 499; or to express the approval of the court; Gildart's Heirs v. Starke, 1 How. (Miss.) 450. ALLUVIO MARIS (Lat.). Soil formed by the washing-up of earth from the sea.

Schultes, Aq. Rights 138.