Legal Definition and Related Resources of Allot

apportion , set aside for a specific person ; to allot is to indicate that a portion of property held by more than one person is in future to belong exclusively to a specific person. Allotting a share , means to distribute or appropriate a share of a corporation to a specific recipient who then becomes a shareholder of that corporation.

verb

• addicere
• administer
• adsignare
• allocate
• appoint
• apportion
• assign
• deal
• delimit
• demarcate
• designate
• dispense
• disperse
• dispose
• distribuere
• distribute
• divide
• dole
• earmark
• indicate
• measure
• mete
• mete out
• parcel out
• partition
• portion out
• prorate
• ration
• share
• specify

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What does Allot mean in American Law?

The definition of Allot in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Essentially the same as allocate. That which is allotted to one is an “allotment,” i.e., an allocation.