Law Dictionary

The terms “appraised value of the property”, “value of the property”, and “value” include the appraised value of a dwelling unit in a cooperative housing project of the type descri

A just valuation of property. A valuation under public authority as of the goods of a decedent, or of property taken for public use. Appraisal for taxation is called "assessment" {

An arbitration implies a difference, a dispute, and involves ordinarily a hearing and all thereby implied. The right to notice of hearings, to produce evidence and cross-examine th

In practice. A person appointed by competent authority to appraise or value goods or real estate. APPREHENSIO (Lat.) In the civil and old English law. A taking hold of a person or

it is enough if some appreciable part of interstate commerce is the subject of a monopoly, a restraint or a conspiracy

To appraise.

To estimate justly. The ability of a testator to appreciate his relation to those who had a claim upon his bounty is said to be an element of testamentary capacity; Brace v. Black,

Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term “appreciated financial position” means any position with respect to any stock, debt instrument, or partnership interest if there would

The term “appreciated property” means any property if the fair market value of such property on the day it was transferred to the decedent by gift exceeds its adjusted basis.

apprecio, I L In old English law. Appraisement; an appraisement

To understand, conceive, believe. Golden v. State, 25 Ga. 527, 531.

I In the eivU law. To take hold of; to take or seize a person.

Lat In the civil and old English law. A taking hold of a person or thing; apprehension; the seizure or capture of a person. Calvin. One of the varieties or subordinate forms of occ

In Practice. The capture or arrest of a person on a criminal charge. The term "apprehension" is applied to criminal cases, and "arrest" to civil cases; as, one having authority may

A fee or profit taken or received. Cowell.

A person bound in due form of law to a master, to learn from him his art, trade, or business, and to serve him during the time of his apprenticeship. 1 Bl. Comm. 426; 2 Kent, Comm.

An accident name for students at law, and afterwards applied to counsellors, apprentici ad barras, from which comes the more modern word "barrister."

A contract by which one person who understands some art, trade, or business, and called the "master," undertakes to teach the same to another person, commonly a minor, and called t

The term "apprenticeship program" means a program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the "National Apprenticeship Act"; 50 Stat. 664

The term “apprenticeship program contribution rate” means the contribution rate that the employer is obligated to pay on behalf of its employees under the terms of a collective bar

Barristers.

apprentitius, I. I.,.i^pprentise, Apprentice; an apprentice at law. apprentice at the bars; a barrister. prentise en la ley: an apprentice or below the degree of sergeant; a barris

An apprentice to the law; a law student; a counsellor below the degree of serjeant; a barrister. See "Apprentice en la Ley."

I. fr. Apprenticeship or prentice, or the term for which he is bound.

Fr. Apprenticeship or novitiate, (tirocinium.) Spelman. Cowell. The state of an apprentice, or the term for which he was bound.* Appren- Usage is used by old Bhglish writers. Richa

I. fr. To prepare. Apprest:

apprise, Z. /»•. In old English law. priges en la ley: learned in the law. v.

Apprise, (pi. Apprises.) L. Fr. [from apprendre, to learn.] Learned or skilled. Apprises en la ley; learned in the law. Litt. epilogue. Les lays gents que ne sont apprises en la le

In Scotch law. A form of jjrocess by which a creditor formerly took possession of the estates of the debtor in payment of the debt due. It is now superseded by "adjudication."

The right of visit or visitation to determine the national character of the ship approached for that purpose only. 1 Kent, Comm. 153.

The glide path for the northeast runway is as necessary for the operation of the airport as is a surface right of way for operation of a bridge, or as is the land for the operation

To approve.

See Allegaee, AUegans conti-aria, etc.

In Scotch law. To approve and reject. The doctrine of approbate and reprobate is the English doctrine of election. A party cannot both approbate and reprobate the same deed. 4 Wils

In Scotch law. To approve and reject; to take advantage of one part, and reject the rest. Bell. Equity suffers no person to approbate and reprobate the same deed. 1 Kames, Eq. 317;

I. I. In old English law. An bator.

aprocher, I. fr. To come to; to

I. fr. Properly; appropriation.

I. I. In old English law. To use; to appropriate; to approve. muniam]: to Approve, or separate and common it criminal process. act, by one who intends to he brings himself into suc

Lat. [from ad, to, and proprius, one's own.] To take to one's own separate use; to appropriate; to approve. Appropriare et includere [commufitof Ti]; to approve, or separate and en

of exacting state compliance with the Civil War Amendments.

2, adj. Adapted to the purpose: proper, fit, suitable, q. v.: as, the appropriate departments of the government; i appropriate legislation; 2 an appropriate remedy " or decree.-'

The question of importing any alien as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (H), (L), (O), or (P)(i) of section 1101(a)(15) of this title (excluding nonimmigrants under section 1101(a

"appropriate amount of assets" means the amount by which the value of the nonforfeitable benefits to be transferred exceeds the amount of the employer's withdrawal liabil

The term “appropriate authority” means the head of a Federal agency, the Architect of the Capitol, or other official authority responsible for the operation of a public building.

The term “appropriate committee of Congress” means— (A) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Repres

The term “appropriate Committees” means the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.

the term “appropriate committees of Congress” has the meaning given the term in section 602 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006; / Definition.—In this subpa

the term "appropriate committees of the Senate" means the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate;

The term “appropriate congressional committee” means any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate having legislative or oversight jurisdiction under the Rules of the

The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representative

The term "appropriate congressional committees and leadership" means— (A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Hous

In this subparagraph, the term "appropriate congressional leadership" means the following: (I) The chairs and ranking minority members of the congressional intelligence c

The term “appropriate conservation project” means any project for the conservation, restoration, construction or rehabilitation of natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recr

For purposes of this section, the term “appropriate consultation” means, with respect to the admission of refugees and allocation of refugee admissions, discussions in person by de

For purposes of this subsection, the term “appropriate court” means— (A) the United States district court before which proceedings under section 1341 or 1342 of this title are bein

Under constitutional provision, water held not appropriated until applied to beneficial use. See 4 L. R. A. 767.

The term “appropriate department or agency” means the department or agency of the United States Government that negotiates and enters into a qualifying non-binding instrument on be

Except as provided in regulations, for purposes of this subpart, the term "appropriate exchange rate" means— (1) in the case of an actual distribution of earnings and pro

The term “appropriate Federal banking agency”— (A) has the meaning given the term in section 1813 of title 12 ; (B) means the Board in the case of a noninsured State bank; and (C)

the term “appropriate Federal depository institutions regulatory agency” means, with respect to any depository institution or depository holding company, the agency referred to in

The term "appropriate Federal entities" means the following: (A) The Department of Commerce. (B) The Department of Defense. (C) The Department of Energy. (D) The Departme

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “appropriate Federal financial institutions regulatory agency” means— (i) the appropriate Federal banking agency, as provided in section 18

the term “appropriate Federal financial supervisory agency” means— (A) the Comptroller of the Currency with respect to national banks and Federal savings associations (the deposits

The term “appropriate Federal official” means— (A) the Commissioner of Social Security in the case of social security benefits described in section 86(d)(1)(A), and (B) the Railroa

the term “appropriate Federal regulator” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Directors of the Fe

The term “appropriate Federal regulatory authority” means— (A) in the case of a Federal power marketing agency, the Secretary, except that the Secretary may designate the Administr

For purposes of this section, the term “appropriate field office personnel” includes employees of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, and oth

The term “appropriate financial regulator” means— (A) the primary financial regulatory agency, as defined in section 5301 of this title ; (B) the National Credit Union Administrati

The term “appropriate head” means— (A) the Administrator, with respect to capital assets acquisition projects of the Administration; and (B) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for E

The statutory purpose [of § 9(c)] rather is to provide for a hearing in which interested parties shall have full and adequate opportunity to present their objections before the Boa

The term “appropriate high-level Treasury official” means the Secretary of the Treasury or any delegate of the Secretary whose rank is no lower than that of a principal Internal Re

The term “appropriate industry partner” means a contractor, licensee, or grantee (as defined in section 101(a) of Executive Order 12829 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to National

The McCulloch v. Maryland standard is the measure of what constitutes 'appropriate legislation' under § 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Correctly viewed, § 5 is a positive grant of

The term "appropriate Member of Congress" means— (A) the chairman or ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; or (B) the cha

The term "appropriate national security agency" means— (A) the Department of Homeland Security; (B) the Department of Defense; (C) the Office of the Director of National

For purposes of this section, the term "appropriate official" means the officer or employee having control of the suit, investigation, or inquiry or the person appropriat

The term “appropriate officials” means— (A) tribal officials who are elected; or (B) appointed tribal leaders or officials designated in writing by an Indian tribe for the specific

For the purposes of this subsection, the term “appropriate portion” means a share, for each State subject to paragraph (1), not less than the share of the total railroad route mile

The term “appropriate regulatory agency” means— (A) When used with respect to a municipal securities dealer: (i) the Comptroller of the Currency, in the case of a national bank, a

monetary damages, our precedents would relieve any doubt.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “appropriate Secretary” means— (A) with respect to an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense, the

The term “appropriate service project” means any project for the rehabilitation, reclamation, or beautification of urban public housing and public works and transportation resource

For purposes of this subsection, the term “appropriate State” means— (A) for statements and reports in connection with the campaign for nomination for election of a candidate to th

The term “appropriate State agency” means a State agency described in section 454(a)(1) of this title . / The term “appropriate State agency” means a State agency described in sect

The term “appropriate State bank supervisor” means the Chairman or members of the State Liaison Committee of the Financial Institutions Examination Council.

The term “appropriate State credit union supervisor” means the Chairman or members of the State Liaison Committee of the Financial Institutions Examination Council.

The term “appropriate State officer” means— (i) the State attorney general, (ii) the State tax officer, (iii) in the case of an organization to which paragraph (1) applies, any oth

In this section, the term “appropriate State official” means the person in the State who has the primary regulatory or supervisory responsibility with respect to the defendant, or

The term “appropriate State regulatory authority” means the State agency or other authority responsible for the licensure or other regulation of the practice of accounting in the S

The term “appropriate tribal coordinating body” means the Columbia River tribal coordinating body or the Washington tribal coordinating body, as the context requires.

In this paragraph, the term "appropriate use" includes the discretion of the judge or supervising authority, the leveraging of graduated sanctions to encourage compliance

In this subsection, the term “appropriate use criteria” means criteria, only developed or endorsed by national professional medical specialty societies or other provider-led entiti

The term appropriation is of the broadest import: it includes all taking and use of property by the army or navy, in the course of the war, not authorized by contract with the gove

The term “appropriation Act” means an Act referred to in section 105 of title 1 .

It is decided that a statute which fixed the annual salary of a public officer at a designated sum without limitation as to time is not abrogated or suspended by subsequent enactme

An appropriation bill is one the primary and specific aim of which is to make appropriations of money from the public treasury.

the first person who acts toward the diversion of water from a natural stream and the application of such water to a beneficial use has the first right, provided he diligently cont

The act of selecting, devoting or setting apart land for a particular use or purpose, as where land is appropriated for public buildings, military reservations or other public uses

all the courts agree. It is this:—'That the party paying may direct to what the application is to be made. If he waives his right, the party receiving may select the object of appr