Allocatur
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Allocatur is a noun meaning (law) The allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.
Meaning
(law) The allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.
More Meanings
- (Pennsylvania) Permission for an appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Example Sentences
The taxing-masters had done their work like any respectable gunsmith conscientiously preparing the musket, that, duly pointed by a brave arm, will spoil a life or two. Allocaturs, filing of bills in Chancery, decrees of sale, are legal chain-shot or bomb-shells that can never hit a solitary mark, but must fall with widespread shattering.
Word Forms
- allocaturs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include allotment, allowance, court, appointment, distribution, rule.
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